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[ uh-doun ] / əˈdaʊn /
adverb, preposition Archaic.Origin of adownFirst recorded before 1000; Middle English adoun, Old English of dūne “off the hill.” See a-2, down1 Words nearby adownadornment, adorno, Adoula, Adour, Adowa, adown, adoze, ADP, ad part. dolent., ad patres, adperson Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for adownAdown the mounting stairway / all together fell, Whereat a sound of wailing / did from mourning kinsmen swell. The Nibelungenlied|Unknown In fact, adown the vista of the garden avenue a number of persons were seen approaching towards the house. The Scarlet Letter|Nathaniel Hawthorne While immediately around her, and adown her steep garden, she had all the privacy of Sandringham before the avenue was blown down. The Retrospect|Ada Cambridge But still the fool was silent, his nether lip caught so tightly in his teeth that the blood trickled from it adown his chin. Love-at-Arms|Raphael Sabatini
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