Meaning of CROSSWISE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kros`wIz
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- [adv] transversely; "the marble slabs were cut across"
- [adv] not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"
- [adj] in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
- [adj] lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"
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| | Synonyms: | | across, cross(a), crossing(a), cross-section(a), cross-sectional, crossways, horizontal, thwartwise, transversal, transverse |
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| | Antonyms: | | lengthways, lengthwise | | |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cross"wise`\ (-w?z`), adv.
In the form of a cross; across; transversely. --Longfellow.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, unwieldy |
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