DOWNWARDS

downwards

Adverb

  1. Towards a lower place; towards what is below.
    ''Gravity pulls everything downwards.
  2. To a lower figure or amount.
  3. Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior etc.
    ''After the oil price rises, the economy headed downwards


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