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Meanings of crossways in English

Portuguese
transversalmente
Spanish
a través

In a transverse manner.

        transversalmente
        Usage of crossways in English
        1
        They rode at a trot to the crossways; there one cried halt.
        The Forest Lovers
        2
        All Russia is in the crossways-amidthe fields, thickets marshes, and forests.
        Tales of the Wilderness
        3
        We paused at a crossways, where ventilation systems gaped open above us.
        Woken furies
        4
        When we were not either side, we were crossways in the middle.
        The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
        5
        We walked a dozen steps in stupefied union, and hit upon crossways.
        Diana of the Crossways — Volume 2
        6
        At last it slipped and he managed to get it jammed crossways.
        The Good Comrade
        7
        These are the crossways on which I never dreamed of finding myself.
        Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland
        8
        A wider channel ran crossways, like the junction of an arterial road.
        The water room
        9
        A fresh wind brushed his cheek, this one crossways to the sea-breeze.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        10
        If a person went to swallow 'em crossways, they'd choke to death.
        Flower of the Dusk
        11
        There is no reason for you to get crossways with your husband.
        Escape
        12
        Sometimes the crossways joined the main-road that ran alongside the railway.
        Tales of the Wilderness
        13
        Gainsborough stood at the crossways of progress and pointed the way.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 / Little J...
        14
        I was standing at the crossways, where the road goes off to Gaskarth.
        The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance
        15
        The sails were raised and they headed south, crossways to the prevailing easterlies.
        Orb Sceptre Throne
        16
        He had blue lips, eyes looking crossways and eyebrows like a furze bush.
        The King of Ireland's Son
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