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Definition of athwart preposition from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

athwart

preposition

NAmE//əˈθwɔrt//

(formal)

1across; from one side to the other They put a table athwart the doorway.

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2not agreeing with; opposite to His statement ran athwart what was previously said.

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