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transversely
adverb as in across; crosswise
Weak match
Example Sentences
He has laid himself transversely upon the deck where we sit, and stares inert.
On KLM, “The transportation of horses transversely to the flight direction is not permitted. Horses must travel facing forwards or backwards.”
It also exhibits a remarkable asymmetric condition of the neural spines where they alternate from having transversely compressed apices to apices that are expanded to the right.
This is very different from the condition seen in the living crocodylians, where there are four or more longitudinal rows of transversely short osteoderms, none of which have have the peg-and-groove system.
It may be strong if its grain runs parallel with its length, or weak if the grain crosses diagonally, or very weak if the grain crosses transversely.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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