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athwart

adverb

1 athwart

At right angles to the center line of a ship.

Roget 708: against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes.    against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide; with a headwind; with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth.    in spite, ... show more

Roget 219: cross, thwart, athwart, transversely; at grade [U.S.]; crosswise.   

2 athwart

At an oblique angle.

synonyms: aslant, obliquely.


Moby thesaurus: across, across the grain, adverse to, against, against the grain, against the tide, against the wind, at cross-purposes, at cross-purposes with, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at issue, at odds, at variance, at war with, athwartships, bendwise, beyond, bias, biased ... show more.

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