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athwart

athwart is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as preposition and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Across; from side to side of. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

  1. 1preposition

    Across; from side to side of.

  2. 2preposition

    Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.

  3. 3adverb

    Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.

  4. 4adverb

    Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.

  5. 5adverb

    at an oblique angle

    "the sun shone aslant into his face"

    Synonyms

    aslantobliquely
  6. 6adverb

    at right angles to the center line of a ship

Synonyms

aslantobliquely

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