downwards

Universal Words (also downward especially in AmE) adverb towards the ground or towards a lower level: She was lying face downwards on the grass. * The garden sloped gently downwards to the river. * It was a policy welcomed by world leaders from the US president downwards. * Nine per cent of commuters used public transport in 1995 and the trend is downwards. * Official projections of the spread of Aids have mercifully been revised downwards (= it has been predicted that the disease will not spread as fast as earlier predictions suggested). OPPUPWARDS