напереко́р — meaning in English

English meaning

• athwart adv From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
• despite preposition Without being prevented by; even though something might suggest otherwise.

Senses

напереко́р is used for these senses in English:

• in the teeth of in spite of; in direct opposition to

athwart — full definition

1. adv From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
2. adv Across the path of something, so as to impede progress.
3. adv Against the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly.

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