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downward meaning

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  • AdjectiveCOMmore downwardSUPmost downwardPREdown-SUF-ward
    1. moving or sloping down.
      1. He spoke with a downward glance.
  • AdverbCOMmore downwardSUPmost downward
    1. Toward a lower level, whether in physical space, in a hierarchy, or in amount or value.
      1. His position in society moved ever downward.
  • More Examples
    1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
      • There is no downward flexibility in expenditure and credit levels. But outputs and supplies are downflex.

Meaning of downward for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "downward" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe.
  • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
    1. Adjectives
      • Adverbs
        • Morphemes
          • Suffixes
            • Words by suffix
              • Words suffixed with -ward
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