Usually means: Opposing or obstructing effectively; adversarially.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. thwartly: Merriam-Webster
  2. thwartly: Collins English Dictionary
  3. thwartly: Wordnik
  4. thwartly: Wiktionary
  5. thwartly: Dictionary.com
  6. Thwartly: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. thwartly: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Thwartly: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. thwartly: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Thwartly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. thwartly: Legal dictionary

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  1. thwartly: Encyclopedia

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▸ adverb:  transversely; obliquely

Similar:
thwartwise, athwart, athwartwise, sidelong, transversely, crosswise, obliquely, overthwartly, transversally, slantendicularly, more...

Opposite:
parallel, aligned, congruent

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Similar:
thwartwise, athwart, athwartwise, sidelong, transversely, crosswise, obliquely, overthwartly, transversally, slantendicularly, more...

Opposite:
parallel, aligned, congruent



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