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"transversely" is a correct and usable word in written English
It can be used to describe something that is arranged across or in a crosswise direction. For example: "The tiles were arranged transversely on the bathroom floor."
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transversely
adverb
In a transverse manner.
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South of the central lowlands, the Little Poland Uplands extend from east to west, but they are folded transversely.
The sliding table is mounted directly onto the massive bed of the machine and cannot be raised or moved transversely; table movement is longitudinal only.
The most common riffles are transversely mounted wooden bars, but they may also be made of wooden poles, stone, iron, or rubber.
In the stem apex, the uppermost part is the promeristem, below which is a zone of transversely oriented early cell walls, the file, or rib, meristem.
The hull is partitioned by solid bulkheads running both transversely and longitudinally, adding greatly to strength.
The top of the head, accordingly, is leading, and its long axis lies transversely.
At Ronquières and Krasnoyarsk, vessels are carried longitudinally up relatively gentle inclines with gradients of 1 in 21 and 1 in 12, respectively, while at Arzviller the site permitted only a steep gradient of 1 in 21/2, necessitating vessels being moved transversely.
The fleshy body of the articulate brachiopod is divided transversely by the body wall into a posterior visceral cavity filled with coelomic fluid and an anterior mantle cavity filled with seawater.
The travois of the North American Indian was a sledge consisting of two transversely connected wooden shafts dragged at an angle to the ground.
In others, it is several-seeded and indehiscent but is divided transversely into single-seeded segments that break apart at maturity (e.g., Desmodium).
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It includes many minor ranges that run transversely e.g., the Sierras Madrona, Sur de Alcudia, and de Aracena.
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