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								on or toward a surface regarded as a base he lay face downward
 the downward pull of gravity
 2.
								extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
 the downward course of the stream
 
 'downward' - used as a adverb
 3.
								spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
 prices plunged downward
 
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