downwards

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   Towards a lower place; towards what is below.

   Gravity pulls everything downwards.

2. 2
   adv

   Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior, etc.

   After the rise in oil prices, the economy headed downwards.

3. 3
   adv

   spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

4. 4
   adj

   Downward.

Etymology

From down + -wards.