transˈversally, adv.
[f. as prec. + -ly2.]
In a transversal manner, transversely, athwart.
(In quot. 1641, app. = obliquely.)
| 1641 Wilkins Math. Magick i. xviii. (1707) 77 The several Proportions of Swiftness and Distance in an Arrow shot Vertically, or Horizontally, or Transversally. 1762 tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. V. 39 A shield twice longitudinally divided and three times transversally with a scutcheon of pretence. 1907 Daily Chron. 19 Jan. 3/1 [In the opinion of some] ‘Heredity goes transversally, sideways, not in straight lines’. |