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. preposition. Across; from side to side of.
2. preposition. Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course.
3. adverb. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
4. adverb. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
5. adverb. at an oblique angle

   "the sun shone aslant into his face"

   Synonyms: aslant, obliquely

6. adverb. at right angles to the center line of a ship

Synonyms

aslant, obliquely

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