transversallyadv.
In a transversal manner, transversely, athwart. In quot. 1648, apparently = obliquely.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > sideways movement or a sideways movement > [adverb] > obliquely
aslanta1400
sideslepes?a1400
embelifc1400
slant1495
obliquely1503
slantling?1521
askance1530
asklenta1540
biaswise1545
askew1565
wry1575
bias?1578
slentwise1579
overthwartly1591
asquint1645
transversally1648
aslope1667
slantways1828
skeow-ways1869
slantingways1899
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
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in transverse direction
thereoverc897
overwardc1300
acrossa1350
out-overa1400
overthwartly?a1425
a-travers1430
overcrossa1525
thwartlong1600
transversely1650
transverse1660
transversally1762
overthwart1764
athwart1879
1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick i. xviii. 133 The severall proportions of swiftnesse and distance in an arrow shot vertically, or horizontally, or transversally.
1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. V. 39 A shield twice longitudinally divided and three times transversally with a scutcheon of pretence.
1907 Daily Chron. 19 Jan. 3/1 [In the opinion of some] ‘Heredity goes transversally, sideways, not in straight lines’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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