CROSSWISE

• (adj.) lying or extending across the length of a thing or in a cross direction

  "a crosswise street", "the crosswise dimension"

• (adverb) transversely

  "the marble slabs were cut across"

  synonyms : across , crossways

• (adverb) not in the intended manner

  "things are going crosswise"

• (adj.) in the shape of (a horizontal piece on) a cross

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