adv. rare. [f. TRAVERSE a. + -LY2.] Crosswise; transversely.
1656. [? J. Sergeant], trans. T. Whites Peripat. Inst., 151. Being carryd traversly by some motion of the Aire, t is calld a Gliding Star.
1738. Wieler, in Phil. Trans., XLI. 100. I tied at the End of the larger Arm, a piece of Stick traversly.
1826. Kirby & Sp., Entomol., III. xxxv. 606. They [elytra] may help them in flying traversely and before the wind.