downwardly

1. 1.

   spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

   “don't fall down”

   “rode the lift up and skied down”

   “prices plunged downward”

   Synonymsdowndownwardsdownward

   Antonymsupwardly

Questions about downwardly

What does downwardly mean?

downwardly means "spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position".

How many syllables are in downwardly?

downwardly has 3 syllables: down-ward-ly. The stress falls on "down". In IPA it is /ˈdaʊnwɚdli/.

What is another word for downwardly?

Close synonyms include down, downwards, downward. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of downwardly?

The recorded antonyms are upwardly.

Is downwardly a common word?

downwardly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.