Use the adverb athwart to describe something that reaches or stretches across, or from one side to another. You might hang a "Happy Birthday" banner athwart your office doorway to celebrate your coworker's birthday.
Across; from side to side of.
Adverb
at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
Adverb
at right angles to the center line of a ship
prep.
Across; from side to side of.
prep.
Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing
athwart our course.
adv.
Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise;
obliquely.
adv.
Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely.
Athwart
Athwart the thicket lone.2.
Athwart
Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight.2.
All athwart there came A post from Wales loaden with heavy news.
Across; from side to side of.
1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely.
Usage Examples
A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'
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