From a higher place to a lower; in a descending course; as, to tend, move, roll, look, or take root, downward or downwards.

From a higher to a lower condition; toward misery, humility, disgrace, or ruin.

From a remote time; from an ancestor or predecessor; from one to another in a descending line.

Moving or extending from a higher to a lower place; tending toward the earth or its center, or toward a lower level; declivous.

Descending from a head, origin, or source; as, a downward line of descent.

Tending to a lower condition or state; depressed; dejected; as, downward thoughts.

extending or moving from a higher to a lower place; "the down staircase"; "the downward course of the stream"

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"