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crosswise
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective crosswise has 2 senses
- crosswise(a = adj.all) Array - lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension" Antonym: lengthwise
- crosswise(s = adj.all) Array - in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross; Array
Adverbial crosswise has 2 senses
- crosswise(r = adv.all) Array - not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"
- crosswise(r = adv.all) across, crossways - transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"
CIDE DICTIONARY
crosswise, adv.
In the form of a cross; across; transversely. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crosswise, adj. & adv.
1 in the form of a cross; intersecting.
2 transverse or transversely.
1 in the form of a cross; intersecting.
2 transverse or transversely.
THESAURUS
crosswise
across, across the grain, athwart, athwartships, awkward, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, bulky, catercorner, catercornered, choking, clumsy, constrictive, contrariwise, contrary, contrawise, counterproductive, crisscross, cross, cross-grained, crossing, crossway, crossways, cumbersome, diagonal, hindering, hindersome, hulking, hulky, impractical, in the way, inconvenient, inhibiting, inhibitive, interrupting, interruptive, kittycorner, oblique, obliquely, obstructing, obstructive, obstruent, occlusive, overthwart, perverse, ponderous, repressive, restrictive, sideways, sidewise, slant, stifling, strangling, suppressive, thwart, thwartly, thwartways, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, troublesome, unhandy, unmanageable, unwieldyROGET THESAURUS
crosswise
Crossing
N crossing, intersection, interdigitation, decussation, transversion, convolution, level crossing, reticulation, network, inosculation, anastomosis, intertexture, mortise, net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace, wicker, mat, matting, plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron, tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle, tissue, netting, mokes, rivulation, cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot, entangle, cloth, linen, muslin, cambric, crossing, crossed, matted, v, transverse, cross, cruciform, crucial, retiform, reticular, reticulated, areolar, cancellated, grated, barred, streaked, textile, crossbarred, cruciate, palmiped, secant, web-footed, cross, thwart, athwart, transversely, at grade, crosswise.
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