'Crosswise' definitions:
Definition of 'crosswise'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Not in the intended manner; "things are going crosswise"
adverb
adjective
Lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction; "a crosswise street"; "the crosswise dimension" [ant: lengthways, lengthwise]
adjective
In the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross
Definition of 'Crosswise'
From: GCIDE
- Crosswise \Cross"wise`\ (-w?z`), adv. In the form of a cross; across; transversely. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crosswise'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- across,
- across the grain,
- athwart,
- athwartships,
- awkward,
- bendwise,
- bias,
- biased,
- biaswise,
- bulky,
- catercorner,
- catercornered,
- choking,
- clumsy,
- constrictive,
- contrariwise,
- contrary,
- contrawise,
- counterproductive,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crossing,
- crossway,
- crossways,
- cumbersome,
- diagonal,
- hindering,
- hindersome,
- hulking,
- hulky,
- impractical,
- in the way,
- inconvenient,
- inhibiting,
- inhibitive,
- interrupting,
- interruptive,
- kittycorner,
- oblique,
- obliquely,
- obstructing,
- obstructive,
- obstruent,
- occlusive,
- overthwart,
- perverse,
- ponderous,
- repressive,
- restrictive,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- slant,
- stifling,
- strangling,
- suppressive,
- thwart,
- thwartly,
- thwartways,
- transversal,
- transverse,
- transversely,
- traverse,
- troublesome,
- unhandy,
- unmanageable,
- unwieldy