overthwartly
See also: over-thwartly
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English overthwertly; equivalent to overthwart + -ly.
Adverb
editoverthwartly (comparative more overthwartly, superlative most overthwartly)
- (obsolete) In an overthwart manner; going across.
- (obsolete) perversely
- 1577, Henry Peacham, The Garden of Eloquence:
- distant, or disagreeing to the purpose, or returne into the cause overthwartly.
References
edit- “overthwartly”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.