downwardly

adverb
🔊/ˈdaʊnwədli/
🔊/ˈdaʊnwərdli/
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  1. towards a lower level下降的;向下的
    • The sales figures will have to be downwardly revised.销售数字将必须向下修正。
    • people who have lost their jobs and are downwardly mobile (= moving towards a lower social position)失业并且向下流动的人
    compare upwardly mobileTopics Change, cause and effectc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDownwardly is used with these adjectives:
    • mobile
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