Definition of "downwards" []

• Towards a lower place; towards what is below. (adverb)
• To a lower figure or amount. (adverb)
• Towards something which is lower in order, smaller, inferior etc. (adverb)

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• "Dandy, on the other hand, took the candle-box from under his arm, and putting it flat on the table, with the label downwards, placed his two hands upon it, and looked the other right in the face; after which he closed one eye, and gave him a very knowing wink."
• "I added a water plane to the scene and sloped the terrain downwards to form a coastline."
• "The fact that not all explanatory arrows point downwards, is a fact which mitigates against the possibility of epistemological reductionism, but it remains perfectly consistent with ontological reductionism."