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View definitions for cross wise

cross wise

adjective as in crosswise

adverb as in athwart

Weak match

preposition as in across

adjective as in crosswise

adverb as in athwart

Weak match

preposition as in across

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Example Sentences

The ties were generally heaped together, and set on fire, and the rails were laid upon the heaps cross-wise.

First she fixed stout tree-trunks in the ground, and on the tops of these, cross-wise, she laid other pieces.

At one cross wise end turn, hem 1¼ inches wide to right side.

She had a little four-cornered black shawl, folded cross-wise, over her head and tied under her chin.

A good method of piling is to place the lumber lengthwise of the kiln and on an incline cross-wise.

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On this page you'll find 102 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cross wise, such as: adverse, antagonistic, antithetical, contradictory, differing, and paradoxical.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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