as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
the van had been deliberately parked crossways so as to take up both parking spaces
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as in corner
a place where roads meet
carolers assembling at the village crossways on Christmas Eve
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossways
Adverb
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The table below shows her willingness to play long forward passes, either diagonally to wingers or more direct for runners in behind.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
27 Oct. 2025 -
Shoeless Mack Hollins is dressed as a bishop for #Halloween moving diagonally as the piece does.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The 2026 World Cup is right around the corner, and anticipation for the biggest event in sports is building rapidly.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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So, the Carter and Alexander deals once again called DeJean’s status into question — especially since Carter is primarily a slot corner.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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The show has been a huge hit for Netflix but will move across in less than two year’s time.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Such impacts can excavate craters tens of feet across, even from meteoroids weighing just a few pounds.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And though that crossing wasn’t a success, her Oyster, with its gilt pink dial and octagonal case, still cemented its place in history.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
11 Nov. 2025
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Since Brightline began running trains in Florida in 2017, 193 people have been struck and killed, most of them pedestrians who were not at official crossings, according to a Miami Herald/WLRN investigation.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Make another layer with another 1/4 of the eggplant slices, this time arranging them crosswise to the first layer.—
Carolyn Casner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2022
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Serve: Carve the chicken breasts off the bone, slice them crosswise, and serve with the salad.—
Beth Segal,
cleveland,
23 Sep. 2021
Noun
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Today, as Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer for Sony Music Group, a grown up Warren finds herself at a crossroads similar to those early days.—
Essence,
Essence,
10 Nov. 2025
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Funny, though, that this movie could be viewed as the flip side of Causeway, a quiet drama that’s also about a woman at a crossroads who snaps out of her inertia thanks to meeting a kindly stranger.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Pocket park The roughly 2,100-square-foot public space on Soledad Avenue would be next to a 4,494-square-foot single-family house planned for a currently vacant lot just east of the intersection of Soledad and Cowrie Avenue.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Police said Workman-Duffy had been crossing in a crosswalk on a green light at the intersection of Longview Road and Food Lane on the morning she was hit.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Crossways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossways. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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