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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Remove any crossing branches or those that grow diagonally through the canopy.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025 -
The slim plot, a leftover from when the Avenue of the Americas cut diagonally through the grid in the 1920s, was for many decades home to a gas station and carwash.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Dutch Bros 'controlling this corner,' Uncle Bill's says Dutch Bros was created in 1992 in Grants Pass, Oregon, by brothers Dane and Travis Boersma.—
Patricia Gallagher Newberry,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
2 Oct. 2025
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But with Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ budget around the corner, the fourth quarter could still very much go either way.—
Jordan Butt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Move across and then down the glass, dipping the sponge or cloth back in the water to clean it as needed.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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Then tiny balls of solder, some only tens of micrometers across, are attached to the chips.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Broncos basically ran four verticals with the receivers, and Engram bent a crossing route toward the middle of the field.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
30 Sep. 2025
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Rapid Change Four days spent criss-crossing the Yangtze River Delta by high-speed railway to visit Chinese businesses gave an indication of the pace of change in the region that is one of the hubs of Chinese technology development.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 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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That geography has long placed the Central Asian nation at a crossroads, straddling both Europe and Asia.—
Nina Subkhanberdina,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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Sitting at 1-3 on the season, the Cleveland Browns are at a crossroads at the quarterback position heading into their Week 5 matchup against the Minnesota Vikings in London.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The way people typically die in intersections is often because of head-on and T-bone crashes, which the roundabout design addresses, Bryson said.—
Eric D. Lawrence,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Pedestrians should cross Myrtle on the west side of the intersection.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Crossways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crossways. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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