What is "crosswise" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does crosswise mean in English? Meaning of crosswise definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "crosswise" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "crosswise": lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction

Adjective

  • Meaning: lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction
  • Example: a crosswise street the crosswise dimension
  • Synonyms: crosswise
  • Antonyms: lengthways lengthwise
  • Similar: cross cross-section cross-sectional thwartwise transversal transverse
  • Meaning of "crosswise": not in the intended manner

    Adverb

  • Meaning: not in the intended manner
  • Example: things are going crosswise
  • Synonyms: crosswise
  • Meaning of "crosswise": in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross

    Adjective

  • Meaning: in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
  • Synonyms: crosswise
  • Similar: horizontal
  • Meaning of "crosswise": transversely

    Adverb

  • Meaning: transversely
  • Example: the marble slabs were cut across
  • Synonyms: across crossways crosswise
  • Adjective: crossing; lying across
  • Synonyms:

    diagonally, angular, athwart, awry, crisscross, cross, crossing, over, perpendicular, sideways, thwart, transverse, traverse, transversal, horizontally, vertically, crossways, aslant, contrariwise, longways, mullioned, transversely,

    Antonyms:

    head on, lengthwise, straight on,

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    crosswise in English: crosswise
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