crosswise

crosswise
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, 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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  • crosswise — cross|wise [ˈkrɔsˌwaız US ˈkro:s ] adv 1.) from one corner of something to the opposite corner ▪ Halve the potatoes crosswise. 2.) two things that are placed crosswise are arranged to form the shape of an x …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • crosswise — [[t]krɒ̱swaɪz, AM krɔ͟ːs [/t]] ADV: ADV after v Crosswise means diagonally across something. Rinse and slice the courgettes crosswise. Syn: diagonally (in AM, also use crossways) …   English dictionary

  • crosswise — adverb 1 lay/cut sth crosswise to lay etc something from one corner of something to the opposite corner 2 two things that are placed crosswise are arranged to form the shape of an x …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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