1. Lying across or athwart; moving across
2. Running counter; opposite; mutually opposed
3. Involving mutual interchange; reciprocal
4. Marked by typically transitory bad temper
5. Extending over or treating several groups, conditions, or classes
6. Crossbred, hybrid
ETYM French, from Latin obliquus; ob (see Ob-) + liquis oblique; cf. licinus bent upward.
Slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angular.
Describing a style of text created by slanting a roman font to simulate italics when a true italic font isn’t available on the computer or printer. See also font, italic, roman.
Slanting; indirect; underhand.
ETYM Latin transversus, p. p. of transvertere to turn on direct across; trans across + vertere to turn: cf. French transverse. Related to Verse, Traverse.
Lying or being across, or in a crosswise direction.
1. From one side to the other
2. To the opposite side
3. Transversely; SYN. crosswise, crossways.
4. In such a manner as to be understood and accepted; SYN. over.