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downwardly

adv

Etymology

From downward + -ly.

  1. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻
  2. derived from *dūnom✻
  3. derived from *dʰewh₂-✻ — “smoke, haze, dust”
  4. inherited from *dūnaz✻
  5. inherited from *dūnā✻ — “sandhill, dune”
  6. inherited from dūn
  7. inherited from doune
  8. suffixed as downward — “down + ward”
  9. suffixed as downwardly — “downward + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a downward direction

    • downwardly mobile

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA