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Word: Athwart
Speech Type: Preposition
Etymology:
late Middle English: from a- ‘on’ + thwart
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈθwɔːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
from side to side of; across
Short Definition:from side to side of
Examples:- a counter was placed athwart the entrance
Definition:
in opposition to; counter to
Short Definition:in opposition to
Examples:- these statistics run sharply athwart conventional presumptions
Word: Athwart
Speech Type: Adverb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈθwɔːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
across from side to side; transversely
Short Definition:across from side to side
Examples:- one table running athwart was all the room would hold
Definition:
so as to be perverse or contradictory
Short Definition:so as to be perverse or contradictory
Examples:- our words ran athwart and we ended up at cross purposes
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