thwartwise

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.thwartwise - extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"cross, transversal, transversecrosswise - lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension"