Crosswise
adj, adv
adj, adv ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 crossing; lying across not-comparable
Adjective
- 1 in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross wordnet
- 2 lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction wordnet
Adverb
- 1 transversely; so as to lie across not-comparable
"Jesse gave a whoop, then was out of the saddle and ducking behind a clump of rhododendron, putting his horse crosswise between himself and the beeves."
Adverb
- 1 transversely wordnet
- 2 not in the intended manner wordnet
Example
More examples"A truck stopped crosswise in the middle of the road."
Etymology
From Middle English croswyse, crose wyse, equivalent to cross + -wise.