downwardly

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   in a downward direction or toward a lower level

   The family was, sadly, downwardly mobile after the recession.

From 'downward' + the adverbial suffix '-ly'. 'Downward' is from Old English 'dūneweard', from 'dūne' ('down') + '-weard' ('-ward, in the direction of').

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