Definition of "downwardly" [downwardly]

• In a downward direction (adverb)

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• "In the past, these burglaries and burglary attempts took place mainly in those high falutin hillside fraccionamientos with inadequate security but the criminals, in these hard times, have shown that they can be downwardly mobile and that´s the noticeable change."
• "Private spending, one of Korea's main growth engines, rose a downwardly revised 0.4% from the previous quarter, while facilities investment fell by a larger than estimated 1.1%."
• "A sharp slowdown in new orders contributed to the index's drop to 54.6 from a downwardly revised 56.7 in March."