Transversely
[træns'vɝsli]
Definition
(adv.) in a transverse manner; 'they were cut transversely'.
Checked by Brits--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a transverse manner.
Editor: Tess
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. Crosswise, in a cross direction.
Checker: Micawber
Examples
- The bark is removed by a kind of ax, parallel cuts being carried around the tree transversely and united by others in a longitudinal direction, so as to produce oblong sheets of bark. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The bands of paper then passed on to shears, placed transversely, that cut it into sheets of any required length, which were laid upon one another, to be divided into quires. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
Checker: Micawber