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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | against |
| Synonyms: | across, crosswise |
| Main Entry: | astride |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | with a leg on either side |
| Synonyms: | astraddle, athwart, on the back of, piggyback, sitting on, straddling |
| Main Entry: | crosswise/crossways |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | across, at an angle |
| Synonyms: | angular, aslant, at right angles, athwart, awry, contrariwise, crisscross, cross, crossing, diagonally, from side to side, horizontally, longways, on the bias, over, perpendicular, sideways, thwart, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, vertically |
| Main Entry: | sideways |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | to the edge, exteriority |
| Synonyms: | alongside, aside, aslant, aslope, athwart, broadside, crabwise, edgeways, indirectly, laterally, obliquely, side by side, sidelong, sidewards, slanting, slantingly, slantwise, sloping, to the side |
| Main Entry: | crosswise |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | across |
| Synonyms: | angular, aslant, athwart, awry, contrariwise, crisscross, cross, crossing, crossways, diagonally, horizontally, longways, mullioned, over, perpendicular, sideways, thwart, transversal, transverse, transversely, traverse, vertically |
| Antonyms: | head on, lengthwise, straight on |
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