Synonyms:
obliquely, aslant, athwart
Meaning: at an oblique angle; "the sun shone aslant into his face"
Synonyms:
athwart
Meaning: at right angles to the center line of a ship
Usage examples
It renounces authority, cuts athwart custom, violates the sacred, rejects the myths.
Athwart the drab texture of consciousness wild fancies played like heat lightning in a still midsummer night.
She appeared to be a large ship, and was coming nearly athwart us, being probably twelve or fifteen miles distant.
Athwart that dense and darksome atmosphere I saw a figure swimming upward come, Marvellous unto every steadfast heart,
All was as Henriette had foretold, Mrs. Rockerbilt's lovely blond locks were frightfully demoralized, and the famous tiara with it had slid aslant athwart her cheek.
After the dazzle of day is gone, Only the dark, dark night shows to my eyes the stars; After the clangor of organ majestic, or chorus, or perfect band, Silent, athwart my soul, moves the symphony true.
His foot was upon the topmost stair of the flight, when of a sudden the stillness of the house was broken by a loud knock upon the street door. Instantly--as though they had been awaiting it there was a stir of feet below and the bang of an overturned chair; then a shaft of yellow light fell athwart the darkness of the hall as the guardroom door was opened.