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downstyle

downstyle adjective: which only capitalizes words (e.g. in headers) that would be capitalized in a normal sentence: which is styled in sentence case.

Adjective

downstyle (not comparable)

  1. Which only capitalizes words (e.g. in headers) that would be capitalized in a normal sentence: which is styled in sentence case.

Noun

downstyle (uncountable)

  1. Downstyle capitalization.
    Synonyms:
    sentence case

Synonyms of downstyle

Forms of downstyle

alternative formdown style
alternative formdown-style

Origin of downstyle

From down + style.

Questions about downstyle

What does downstyle mean?
Downstyle means which only capitalizes words (e.g. in headers) that would be capitalized in a normal sentence: which is styled in sentence case.
What part of speech is downstyle?
Downstyle can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near downstyle in the dictionary

  1. downstroy
  2. downstroyed
  3. downstroying
  4. downstroys
  5. downstruck
  6. downstyle
  7. Downsville
  8. downsweep
  9. downsweeping
  10. downsweeps
  11. downswept

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