Adjective downward has 2 senses
- downward - on or toward a surface regarded as a base; "he lay face downward"; "the downward pull of gravity"
Antonym: up (indirect, via down)
- down, downward - extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"
Antonym: ascending (indirect, via descending)
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Adverbial downward has 1 sense
- down, downwards, downward, downwardly - spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position; "don't fall down"; "rode the lift up and skied down"; "prices plunged downward"
Antonyms: up, upwards, upward, upwardly
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