An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
obliquely, aslant, athwart
(adverb) at an oblique angle; “the sun shone aslant into his face”
athwart
(adverb) at right angles to the center line of a ship
Source: WordNet® 3.1
athwart (comparative more athwart, superlative most athwart)
(archaic) From side to side; across.
Synonym: overthwart
(archaic) Across the path (of something).
(archaic) Wrongly; perplexingly.
athwart
(archaic) From one side to the other side of.
Synonym: overthwart
(nautical) Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck.
Across the path or course of; opposing.
Synonym: opposing
Source: Wiktionary
A*thwart", prep. Etym: [Pref. a- + thwart.]
1. Across; from side to side of. Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson.
2. (Naut.)
Definition: Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether in contact or at a small distance.
– Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft.
A*thwart", adv.
Definition: 1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight. Spenser.
2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. All athwart there came A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.