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    [Preposition]  | "athwart" | \ ə-ˈthwȯrt \


    1: across

    2: in opposition to


    Origin: 15th century ;

    [Adverb]  | "athwart" 


    1: across especially in an oblique direction

    2: in opposition to the right or expected course


    Origin: 1611 ;

    [Adverb]  | "athwart" 


    1: from one side to the other of an intervening space;


      * e.g., " ... after it enters the Gulf of Mexico, the hurricane is predicted to advance athwart to the Texas coastline "



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    2: in a line or direction running from corner to corner;


      * e.g., " ... we hung the twisted strips of crepe paper athwart to the floor and ceiling so that they formed giant crosses on all four walls "



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    [Preposition]  | "athwart" 


    1: to the opposite side of;


      * e.g., " ... athwart the road was farmland as far as the eye could see "



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