athwart - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'athwart' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Athwart

[ adv.]

- Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
- Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.

2 . Athwart

[ prep.]

- Across; from side to side of.
- Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.

1 . athwart

[ r]

Meaning (1):
- at an oblique angle

Example in sentence:

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