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CROSSWAYS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crossways mean?
• CROSSWAYS (adverb)
The adverb CROSSWAYS has 1 sense:
1. transversely
Familiarity information: CROSSWAYS used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Transversely
Synonyms:
Context example:
the marble slabs were cut across
Context examples
When they had got on some way they came to four crossways, each leading to a different country.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
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