as in transversely
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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Recent Examples of diagonally
Two collateral ligaments run along the outside, while the two cruciate ligaments—including the ACL in front and the posterior cruciate ligament, or PCL, in back—crisscross diagonally to hold things together from the inside of the joint.
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Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 31 July 2025
France is often associated with having an 'empty' middle, a strip of vast land that traverses the country diagonally (the 'diagonale du vide', the empty diagonal), which is less populated than its mountains or coastlines and has fewer infrastructure and services.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Anne Hathaway is the latest celebrity to wade into the cutout denim trend, stepping out on July 9 in a pair of Area jeans with a statement-making chainlink cutout running diagonally across the front.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 July 2025
In Burns Harbor, the plan calls for a community of 54 single-family homes to be built south of the Marquette Greenway, which runs diagonally from the southwest to the northeast through the property.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
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Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 31 July 2025
France is often associated with having an 'empty' middle, a strip of vast land that traverses the country diagonally (the 'diagonale du vide', the empty diagonal), which is less populated than its mountains or coastlines and has fewer infrastructure and services.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Anne Hathaway is the latest celebrity to wade into the cutout denim trend, stepping out on July 9 in a pair of Area jeans with a statement-making chainlink cutout running diagonally across the front.
—Sam Reed, Glamour, 10 July 2025
In Burns Harbor, the plan calls for a community of 54 single-family homes to be built south of the Marquette Greenway, which runs diagonally from the southwest to the northeast through the property.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagonally
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With mobile solutions, if a gate changes at the last minute, agents can simply walk across without needing to set up a device at the new location.—
Samuel Mueller,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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The Outrigger telescopes enabled the team to pinpoint the fast radio burst’s point of origin to a region measuring about 45 light-years across, an area smaller than a cluster of stars.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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Make another layer with another 1/4 of the eggplant slices, this time arranging them crosswise to the first layer.—
Carolyn Casner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2022
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Serve: Carve the chicken breasts off the bone, slice them crosswise, and serve with the salad.—
Beth Segal,
cleveland,
23 Sep. 2021
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagonally. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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