Used in a Sentence

crossways

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for crossways.

Editorial note

COs are not bulletproof, and the last thing anyone in the seat wants is to end up crossways with the IG.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A place in Britain:

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of crossways gathered in one view.

noun

A place in Britain:

noun

A village and civil parish between Dorchester and Wool, Dorset (OS grid ref SY7688).

noun

A hamlet in Thornbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS red ref ST6590).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for crossways.

noun

A village and civil parish between Dorchester and Wool, Dorset (OS grid ref SY7688).

noun

A hamlet in Thornbury parish, South Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire (OS red ref ST6590).

noun

A hamlet in Crucorney community, Monmouthshire (OS grid ref SO3220; not to be confused with Crossway in the same county).

Example sentences

1

COs are not bulletproof, and the last thing anyone in the seat wants is to end up crossways with the IG.

2

They aren't going to get involved in a line of business that appears shaky or is crossways with the political tide.

3

A far more pragmatic design is to lay culverts crossways under highways at regular intervals.

4

It was crystal clear that Leshin resigned because she got crossways with administration politics.

5

I excelled at it, but got crossways with my boss for entirely personal reasons and was fired.

6

From what I understand about suicide, no little crossways cut on those veins will ever kill you.

7

Of course you're the sweetest fellow ever whelped and wouldn't so much as look crossways at a frog, but did he know that?

8

I grew up on rural roads, where there are obviously no side walks or pedestrian crossways.

9

A fairly substantial portion of the big names in Russian literature--going back to Pushkin, no?--have found themselves crossways with the government of their days.

10

It is illegal to run a stop sign, and it is certainly possible a car (crossways or turning) will arrive first and have right of way.

11

So one day, he got the pilots together, went out to the runway, painted two strips crossways and demanded that all pilots touch down within the stripes.

12

That could probably land going crossways across that runway!

Quote examples

1

So perhaps she is not too much of "crossways with the government".

2

I'm not arguing with you, I'm arguing with other people here who apparently have no problem walking on shit, syringes and whatever else as long as loitering delinquents don't "look at them crossways".

Proper noun examples

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Edit2: based on the link below it appears the company is Crossways.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use crossways in a sentence?

COs are not bulletproof, and the last thing anyone in the seat wants is to end up crossways with the IG.

What does crossways mean?

A place in Britain:

What part of speech is crossways?

crossways is commonly used as noun.