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Meanings of athwart in English

Spanish
sesgadamente

At an oblique angle.

        sesgadamente
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        Examples for "obliquely"
        Examples for "obliquely"
        1
        As often happens in such societies, artists learned to express themselves obliquely.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The point was raised obliquely at a recent meeting of the Assembly.
        The Irish Times
        3
        The superomedial major fissure manifests as a short, obliquely oriented straight line.
        Pubmed
        4
        This, somewhat obliquely, sparked the idea for a Fort Collins climbing competition.
        Climbing Magazine
        5
        In 67 the great longitudinal fissure was traversed by the bullet obliquely.
        Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 / Being Mainly a...
        1
        The pale winter sunlight was stealing in aslant through the low windows.
        The Danvers Jewels, and Sir Charles Danvers
        2
        The great red bowsprit of an Australian clipper projects aslant the quay.
        The Life of the Fields
        3
        The sun was shining aslant upon the downs from over the sea.
        The Seaboard Parish Volume 2
        4
        When I say sure, they deposit him, aslant, onto the back pew.
        Lit: a memoir
        5
        The barrel of his rifle glinted aslant before his big red face.
        Tales of Unrest
        Usage of athwart in English
        1
        The southward wind flung itself in an arrow-headed cloud athwart the sun.
        The Door in the Wall, and Other Stories
        2
        The southward wing flung itself in an arrow-headed cloud athwart the sun.
        Twelve Stories and a Dream
        3
        In 1887 the shadows of insanity began to creep athwart his life.
        Short-Stories
        4
        The door had rotted from its fastenings and lay athwart the entrance.
        Beatrix of Clare
        5
        He began to get athwart of the White House a year ago.
        Reuters
        6
        The afternoon sun was shining coldly athwart the direction of their route.
        The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
        7
        He would not go along the path athwart which the Chinaman hung.
        The War in the Air
        8
        Then does the night take all back again athwart the rolling echoes.
        Light
        9
        She lies athwart the lands, and her shadow is over the seas.
        The White Company
        10
        And still the Great Spirit is over all: Religion comes athwart Myth.
        Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
        11
        She was already out of her berth and shooting athwart the river.
        Falk: A Reminiscence
        12
        A narrow road wound athwart the hill, leading into the country beyond.
        The Stolen Singer
        13
        And they emitted a sweetish scent that lay heavily athwart the path.
        The Research Magnificent
        14
        As by magic a new aspect fell athwart the face of Nature.
        The Chessmen of Mars
        15
        A green shade in Pray's threw a sickly shaft athwart the pavement.
        The Half-Back: A Story of School, Football, and Golf
        16
        They rose to a white-painted girder that ran athwart the cabin ceiling.
        Where the Blue Begins
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