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Meaning of broadside on | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR B2

Definitions

sideways on.

not-comparable

Examples

“The ship swung broadside on to the current of the river.”
“The rain had ceased now, but the wind was higher than ever, and once we were out of the shelter of Flax Bourton cutting we caught the full force of it broadside-on, straight off the Severn Sea.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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