crosswaysadv.
/ˈkrɒsweɪz/, /ˈkrɔːsweɪz/, U.S. /ˈkrɔsˌweɪz/, /ˈkrɑsˌweɪz/ = crosswise adj.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > [adverb]
wickedly1303
westernaisc1400
sinistrally1538
injuriously1561
crossways1564
crosswise1594
sinistruouslya1615
the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > intersection > [adverb]
acrossa1250
crosswise1398
overcrossa1525
per or in cross1562
crossways1564
athwart1607
decussatively1658
cruciformly1834
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adverb] > in perverse or depraved manner
forwurþenlikec1175
westernaisc1400
sinistrally1538
crossways1564
crosswise1594
pravely1598
deformedly1610
depravedly1643
pervertedly1804
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
1564 in C. R. Markham Hawkins' Voyages (1878) 18 Which maketh their townes crosse waies.
1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 272 (margin) Of pleasures which men seeke crosse-wayes.
1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 101 Breaking off a very thin sliver of the Coal cross-ways.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 52 a A defect that runs crossways of the beam.
1871 tr. H. Schellen Spectrum Anal. ix. 24 A series of dark stripes breaking crossways through the light.
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