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downwards (iou)



downwards adverb. LME.
[from DOWNWARD: see -WARDS.]
Towards a lower place or position; towards what is below; with a descending motion or tendency. LME.
R. Lehmann Small, thick writing,..running downwards on the page. V. Woolf She ferreted in her bag; then held it up mouth downwards. M. Sinclair From his nose and cheek-bones downwards his beard hung straight.
Towards something which is lower in order, inferior, or less important. M17.
Television Teletext improvements have to be downwards compatible so that older decoders will receive something recognisable.
Onward from an earlier to a later time. L19.
L. O. Pike From the time of Glanville downwards.