crosswise
11crosswise — /ˈkrɒswaɪz/ (say kroswuyz) adverb 1. across; transversely. 2. Obsolete in the form of a cross. 3. US in a way which is contrary to what is right or intended: the campaign seemed to be going crosswise. Also, crossways /ˈkrɒsweɪz/ (say kroswayz) …
12crosswise — /kraws wuyz , kros /, adv. 1. across; transversely. 2. contrarily. 3. Archaic. in the form of a cross. adj. 4. forming a cross; transverse. Also, crossways. [1350 1400; ME a cross wise in the form of a cross. See A 1, CROSS, WISE2] * * * …
13crosswise — 1. adjective crossing; lying across 2. adverb transversely; so as to lie across …
14crosswise — Synonyms and related words: across, across the grain, athwart, athwartships, awkward, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, bulky, catercorner, catercornered, choking, clumsy, constrictive, contrariwise, contrary, contrawise, counterproductive,… …
15crosswise — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. across, athwart, thwart, cross, contrariwise, perpendicular, transversely, vertically, horizontally, at right angles, awry, over, sideways, crisscross, askew, crossways; see also across . II (Roget s Thesaurus II)… …
16crosswise — cross|wise [ krɔs,waız ] adverb 1. ) across, at an angle, or from one corner of something to the other ─ opposite LENGTHWISE 2. ) in the shape of an X …
17crosswise — adv. across, transversely; contrarily …
18crosswise — (also crossways) adverb 1》 in the form of a cross. 2》 diagonally or transversely …
19crosswise — ad. Across, transversely, over …
20crosswise — adv 1. across, crossways, athwart, thwart, cross, crisscross; transversely, from side to side, sideways, awry, askant, obliquely, at an angle. 2. contrarily, perversely, wrongly, contrariwise, contradictorily, opposingly; at cross purposes, at… …
