downwards

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Downwards from the bottom of his coat he was just a farm-labourer, with feet of clay and corduroy trousers tied with string.

From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila

The view is particularly fine both Downwards and seawards, though the hill is not half the altitude of Cissbury.

From Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End by Holmes, Edric

Downwards into the valley, which grew ever warmer and more fertile, the Atlantean led on, explaining a thousand and one details to the astounded aviator.

From Astounding Stories, February, 1931 by Bates, Harry

And in narrow Wells part of the Mouth seems Black, because the Incident Beams are Reflected Downwards from one side to another, till they can no more Rebound to the Eye.

From Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) by Boyle, Robert

Downwards they pressed in breathless excitement, till they found themselves leaving the thick scrub behind and emerging upon a rocky platform of rude shape.

From In the Days of Chivalry by Everett-Green, Evelyn