acrosswise

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adverb

In a way that goes across; crosswise.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

adverbacrosswise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableIn a way that goes across; crosswise.

    It may be a tree, bride, that rubs his arms acrosswise […]

    1898, Thomas Hardy, A Sound in the Night
    3 more examples

    The bottom part of every yoke is to be as long as the swine (standing upon his fore feet) is high from the ground to the top of his shoulder; and sticks that are placed up and down through the yoke are to be six inches higher than the neck and three inches lower than the bottom of the yoke that is usually placed acrosswise under his throat (for all swine of a year old and upward, and so proportionably for all swine that are younger) ; only the fine on abovesaid penalty [6d.] shall not be required or paid above once in one day.

    1876, Bi-centennial Celebration at Sudbury, Mass., April 18, 1876, page 8

    At the altar she was kneeling With her arms acrosswise folded.

    1969, Paul Carus, History of the Devil and the Idea of Evil from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

    First, that certain materials claiming to be “stretchy”, weren't designed to stretch to their ultimate limit both lengthwise and acrosswise.

    2011, Maree Anderson, Ruby's Dream

Origin

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APA

acrosswise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrosswise

MLA

“acrosswise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrosswise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acrosswise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrosswise.

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