downglide

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noun

A downward glide.

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Meanings

noundownglide (plural downglides)

plural downglides

  1. human sciencesA downward glide.

    Assuming that upglides signal tentativeness, interpersonal meaning and doubt, stereotypical belief would expect women to favour upglides rather than downglides.

    2011, Britta Mondorf, Gender Differences in English Syntax, page 56

Origin

From down + glide.

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Cite this entry
APA

downglide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downglide

MLA

“downglide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downglide. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “downglide,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/downglide.

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