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athwart
prep. from side to side; contrary to
 
adv. from side to side; across (Nautical); in an apposing manner


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athwart
Adverb
1. at right angles to the center line of a ship
2. at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
(synonym) obliquely, aslant



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Athwart
(prep.)
Across; from side to side of.
  
 
(prep.)
Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
  
 
(adv.)
Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
  
 
(adv.)
Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
  

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athwart
prep.
آڑا , آڑ ميں , ترچھا , آر پار

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athwart
Synonyms and related words:
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, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, con, contra, contrariwise, contrawise, counter, counter to, crisscross, cross, cross-grained, crossway, crossways, crosswise, dead against, diagonal, eyeball-to-eyeball, in conflict with, in confrontation, in hostile array, in opposition, in opposition to, kittycorner, oblique, obliquely, opposed to, over, overthwart, sideways, sidewise, slant, thwart, thwartly, thwartways, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, up in arms, versus, vis-a-vis, with crossed bayonets,
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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