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English
Etymology 1
Noun
crossways
- plural of crossway
Etymology 2
From cross + -ways.
Adverb
crossways (not comparable)
- transversely; crosswise
1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:I stared and stared again - he was perfectly right - the torches that were to light our entertainment were human mummies from the caves! On rushed the bearers of the flaming corpses, and, meeting at a spot about twenty paces in front of us, built their ghastly burdens crossways into a huge bonfire.