Downwardly

Definition: Downwardly

Downwardly

Adverb

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".

Modern Usage: Downwardly

Commercial Usage: Downwardly

Domain	Title
Books	Downwardly mobile for conscience sake (reference) Suddenly Poor! a Guide for the Downwardly Mobile (reference) Up the Financial Ladder in a Downwardly Mobile Society (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Usage Frequency: Downwardly

"Downwardly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Downwardly" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Modern Translation: Downwardly

Language		Translations for "downwardly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		向下地. (various references)

German		sinkende (sinking). (various references)

Korean		내� �가. (various references)

Pig Latin		ownwardlyday

Swedish		nedåt (down, down along, downward, downwards). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Rhyming with "Downwardly"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "downwardly" (pronounced dou"nwerdlē)
6	-n w er d l ē	inwardly.
5	-w er d l ē	awkwardly, outwardly, straightforwardly, upwardly.
4	-er d l ē	cowardly, dastardly, haphazardly, niggardly.
3	-d l ē	absurdly, acidly, admittedly, advisedly, allegedly, assertedly, assuredly, avidly, avowedly, badly, baldly, belatedly, blandly, blindly, boldly, broadly, candidly, coldly, contentedly, crudely, cuddly, deadly, decidedly, deservedly, determinedly, Diddley, doggedly, evenhandedly, excitedly, fondly, friendly, gladly, godly, goodly, grandly, guardedly, hardly, heatedly, hurriedly, idly, kindly, loudly, madly, markedly, medley, mildly, oddly, otherworldly, placidly, pointedly, profoundly, proudly, purportedly, rapidly, repeatedly, reportedly, reputedly, Ridley, rigidly, roundly, rudely, ruggedly, sadly, secondly, shrewdly, solidly, soundly, splendidly, stupidly, supposedly, thirdly, timidly, unabashedly, unashamedly, undoubtedly, unexpectedly, unfriendly, ungodly, unprecedentedly, validly, vividly, weirdly, wholeheartedly, wickedly, widely, wildly, worldly, wretchedly.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Anagrams: Downwardly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-d-l-n-o-r-w-w-y"
	-2 letters: downward, drawdown.
	-3 letters: dryland, wayworn.
	-4 letters: drawly, drownd, ladron, lardon, onward, waddly.
	-5 letters: adorn, adown, dandy, dowdy, downy, dowry, drawl, drawn, drown, dryad, lardy, lawny, loran, lyard, nodal, noddy, noway, oddly, radon, randy, rawly, rayon, rowan, rowdy, royal, waddy, waldo, wanly, woald, wordy, world.
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