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Definition of Crossways
1. Adverb. Transversely. "The marble slabs were cut across"
Definition of Crossways
1. Adverb. transversely; crosswise ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crossways
1. crossway [n] - See also: crossway
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crossways
Literary usage of Crossways
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1896)
"THE crossways IT 1s supposed that among the hills there are certain cross-roads,
from the centre of which you can see four churches, one at the end of each ..."
2. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1911)
"DIANA OF THE crossways PREFATORY NOTE added: A lady of high distinction for wit and
... The story of Diana of the crossways is to be read as fiction. p. 12. ..."
3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"CHAPTER XXV ONCE MORE THE crossways AND A CHANGE OF TURNINGS THE suspicion of
his having come to impart the news of his proximate marriage ultimately ..."
4. 'Hail and Farewell!' by George Moore (1912)
"Francis is a Meynell with a drop of Coventry Patmore, but the drop must have gone
crossways in him, as we say in Ireland, for even when writing about the ..."
5. Highways and Byways in Surrey by Eric Parker (1908)
"... but I am sure it runs too fast and round too many corners for anybody to catch
them. The road leads south and up hill from the crossways to crossways ..."
6. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"XXIX Shows how Yankee Jim introduced me to Diana of the crossways on the Banks
of the Yellowstone, and how a German Jew said I was no True Citizen. ..."
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