as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
the coat of arms had a line of white horses running transversely from one corner to another on a blue background
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diagonally
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The external obliques run diagonally from your lower ribs down toward your opposite hip, while the internal obliques sit underneath with fibers running diagonally upward from your pelvis toward your ribs.—
Dana Santas,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025 -
Meanwhile, on the opposite side, Eze attacks the space vertically — rather than diagonally behind the centre-backs — to be in Pedro Porro’s blindside as Munoz is carrying the ball forward.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Transversely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transversely. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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