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    a·thwart
    /əˈTHwôrt/

    preposition

    • 1. from side to side of; across: "a long counter thrown athwart the entranceway"
    • 2. in opposition to; counter to: "these statistics run sharply athwart conventional presumptions"

    adverb

    • 1. across from side to side; transversely: "one table running athwart was all the room would hold"
    • 2. so as to be perverse or contradictory: "our words ran athwart and we ended up at cross purposes"

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