a.
With downward force
That drove the sand along he took his way. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Their heads they downward bent. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
And downward fell into a groveling swine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A ring the county wears,
That downward hath descended in his house,
From son to son, some four or five descents. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]