Athwart

Definition:

  • (prep.) Across; from side to side of.
  • (prep.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
  • (adv.) Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
  • (adv.) Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.

Compare athwart with other words:

athwart vs. through

athwart vs. traverse

athwart vs. portate

athwart vs. travers

athwart vs. thwart

across vs. athwart

aboard vs. athwart