DOWNWARD

downward

Adjective

  1. moving or sloping down
    He spoke with a downward glance.

Adverb

 (or downwards)
  1. Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
    His position in society moved ever downward.


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