Word Meanings - THWARTINGLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.

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• OBSTRUCTIVE
  Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment. -- Ob*struct"ive*ly, adv.
• OBSTRUCTIONIST
  One who hinders progress; one who obstructs business, as in a legislative body. -- a.
• OBSTRUCTER
  One who obstructs or hinders.
• OBSTRUCT
  before or against, to obstruct; ob + struere to pile up. 1. To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing; as, to obstruct a street;
• MANNERIST
  One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
• MANNERISM
  Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
• THWARTNESS
  The quality or state of being thwart; obliquity; perverseness.
• THWARTLY
  Transversely; obliquely.
• OBSTRUCTION
  1. The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed. 2. That which obstructs or impedes; an obstacle; an impediment; a hindrance. A popular assembly free from obstruction. Swift. 3. The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their
• MANNERLINESS
  The quality or state of being mannerly; civility; complaisance. Sir M. Hale.
• MANNERED
  1. Having a certain way, esp a. polite way, of carrying and conducting one's self. Give her princely training, that she may be Mannered as she is born. Shak. 2. Affected with mannerism; marked by excess of some characteristic peculiarity. His style
• THWARTER
  A disease in sheep, indicated by shaking, trembling, or convulsive motions.
• MANNER
  manual, skillful, handy, fr. LL. manarius, for L. manuarius 1. Mode of action; way of performing or effecting anything; method; style; form; fashion. The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner
• THWARTINGLY
  In a thwarting or obstructing manner; so as to thwart.
• OBSTRUCTIONISM
  The act or the policy of obstructing progress. Lond. Lit. World.
• MANNERCHOR
  A German men's chorus or singing club.
• MANNERLY
  Showing good manners; civil; respectful; complaisant. What thou thinkest meet, and is most mannerly. Shak.
• THWART
  transverse, across; akin to AS. perverse, transverse, cross, D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw. tver athwart, 1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique. Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. Milton.
• UNMANNERLY
  Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
• OVERTHWARTLY
  In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. Peacham.
• OVERMANNER
  In an excessive manner; excessively. Wiclif.
• ILL-MANNERED
  Impolite; rude.
• ATHWART
  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; --
• OVERTHWARTNESS
  The state of being overthwart; perverseness. Lord Herbert.
• OVERTHWART
  1. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite. "Our overthwart neighbors." Dryden. 2. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing. "Overthwart humor." Clarendon.
• WELL-MANNERED
  Polite; well-bred; complaisant; courteous. Dryden.
• DEOBSTRUCT
  To remove obstructions or impediments in; to clear from anything that hinders the passage of fluids; as, to deobstruct the pores or lacteals. Arbuthnot.