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cross wise
adjective as in opposite
adjective as in crosswise
Strong match
adjective as in diagonal
adverb as in athwart
Strongest matches
Weak match
adverb as in diagonally
adjective as in opposite
adjective as in crosswise
Strong match
adjective as in diagonal
adverb as in athwart
Strongest matches
Weak match
adverb as in diagonally
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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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