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overthwartly

overthwartly adverb: in an overthwart manner; going across.

Adverb

overthwartly (comparative more overthwartly, superlative most overthwartly)

  1. (obsolete) In an overthwart manner; going across.
  2. (obsolete) perversely
    • distant, or disagreeing to the purpose, or returne into the cause overthwartly.1577, Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence

Forms of overthwartly

comparativemore overthwartly
superlativemost overthwartly

Origin of overthwartly

From Middle English overthwertly; equivalent to overthwart + -ly.

Questions about overthwartly

What does overthwartly mean?
Overthwartly means in an overthwart manner; going across.
What part of speech is overthwartly?
Overthwartly is an adverb.

Words near overthwartly in the dictionary

  1. overthrusted
  2. overthrusting
  3. overthrusts
  4. overthunk
  5. overthwart
  6. overthwartly
  7. overthwartness
  8. overtight
  9. overtighten
  10. overtightened
  11. overtightening

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