thwartwaysadv.
/ˈθwɔːtweɪz/ rare.
= thwartwise adv.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adverb]
overthwartc1300
thwarta1350
thwart-over1398
overthwartly?a1425
traversec1425
thorter1488
thwartly?1541
traversely?1541
traversewise1548
cross1577
thwartingly1579
crosswise1580
thwartwise1589
overthwartwise1594
crossly1598
traverseways1610
athwart1611
crossway1611
transversely1650
overthwartways1656
transverse1660
crossways1665
thwartways1665
transversally1762
criss-cross1843
athwart-wise1868
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia xxii. 139 There were not more seem'd to lie horizontally then perpendicularly and thwartway.
1893 R. Kipling Many Inventions 11 He lashed the canes together criss-cross and thwartways.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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