Meanings
alternative cross-wise
- not comparabletransversely; so as to lie across
Jesse gave a whoop, then was out of the saddle and ducking behind a clump of rhododendron, putting his horse crosswise between himself and the beeves.
2014, Lori Benton, The Pursuit of Tamsen Littlejohn, WaterBrook Press, →ISBN, page 4
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction
adjectivein the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishcroswyse
- Englishcrosswise
From Middle English croswyse, crose wyse, equivalent to cross + -wise.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λοξός, ἐναλλάξ
- λοξός (loxós)lying across
- ἐναλλάξ (enalláx)transversely
Bulgarian кръстосано, на кръст
- кръстосано (krăstosano)transversely
- на кръст (na krăst)transversely
Czech křížem, napříč
- křížemtransversely
- napříčtransversely
Dutch kruislings, kruiselings
- kruislingstransversely
- kruiselingstransversely
German kreuzweise, quer
- kreuzweisetransversely
- quertransversely
Hungarian haránt
- haránttransversely
Latin obliquus
- obliquuslying across
Latvian šķērsi, šķērsu
- šķērsitransversely
- šķērsutransversely
- šķērsāmtransversely
Māori tōpeka
- tōpekatransversely
Russian крест-на́крест, поперёк
- крест-на́крест (krest-nákrest)transversely
- поперёк (poperjók)transversely
Spanish al través, atravesado
- al travéstransversely
- atravesadotransversely
- transversaltransversely
Swedish korsvis
- korsvistransversely
Cite this entry
crosswise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosswise
“crosswise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosswise. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crosswise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crosswise.
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