Crosswise Synonyms and Antonyms

krôswīz, krŏs-
Transversely
(Adverb)
Synonyms:
  1. across
  2. crossways

Words Related to Crosswise

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Crosswise Sentence Examples

  • Crocodiles are caught in various ways, - for instance, with two pointed sticks, which are fastened crosswise within the bait, an animal's entrails, to which is attached a rope.

  • The planks were of wood, often beech, a few inches wide, and were fastened down, end to end, on logs of wood, or " sleepers," placed crosswise at intervals of two or three feet.

  • The crosswise courses of the greater rivers result from the rivers being older than the mountains, which indeed have been produced by circumdenudation.

  • Among those Desmidiaceae which live a free life, two plants become surrounded by a common mucilage, in which they lie either parallel (Closterium) or crosswise (Cosmarium).

  • Central design of four stamped palmettes set crosswise in an impressed frame.

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