downwardly
adverb/ˈdaʊnwədli/
/ˈdaʊnwərdli/
- towards a lower level
- The sales figures will have to be downwardly revised.
- people who have lost their jobs and are downwardly mobile (= moving towards a lower social position)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownwardly is used with these adjectives:- mobile
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