Downward
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1913
1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level;
declivous.
2. Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.
3. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed;
dejected; as, downward thoughts.
2. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course, whether directly toward the center of the earth, or not; as, to tend
downward; to move or roll downwards; to look
downward; to take root DOWNWARDS
3. In a course or direction from a head, spring, origin or source. Water flows
downward toward the sea; we sailed
downward on the stream.
4. In a course of
lineal descent from an
ancestor, considered as a head; as, to trace successive generations
downward from Adam or Abraham.
5. In the course of falling or descending from elevation or distinction.
Downwards
[Adjective]
Webster's Dictionary 1828
1. Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place, as on a slope or
declivity, or in the open air; tending towards the earth or its center; as a
downward course; he took his way with
downward force.
3. Descending from a head, origin or source.
4. Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed;
dejected; as
downward thoughts.
1. From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root,
downward or downwards.
2. From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery,
humility, disgrace, or ruin.
3. From a remote time; from an
ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.
