transverselyadv.
/trɑːnzˈvəːsli/, /tranzˈvəːsli/, /trɑːnsˈvəːsli/, /transˈvəːsli/, U.S. /trænzˈvərsli/, /træn(t)sˈvərsli/ In a transverse manner or direction; across, athwart; crosswise.
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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
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
1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 225 Another membrane, which transversely..doth cover the chink of the Hymen.
1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus v, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 198 Needles transversly placed do naturally distract their verticities.
1777 J. Cook Jrnl. 30 Mar. (1967) III. i. 83 An open end which represented half an ellipse divided transversely.
1822 J. Parkinson Outl. Oryctol. 180 A..transversely oblong bivalve.
1878 W. H. Dall On Remains Later Prehist. Man 16 There are eighteen threads to the inch longitudinally and twenty-four transversely.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 347 A layer of transversely elongated, partly thick-walled elements.
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