variants
also catty-corner
or catercorner
or kitty-cornered
or catty-cornered
or catercornered
as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
walked kitty-corner across the quadrangle to the registration booth
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Recent Examples of kitty-corner
The public forum sits kitty-corner from the Northbrook Metra station.
—
Phil Rockrohr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
The store, which is kitty-corner to an Albertsons supermarket, was built by Safeway in 1950 with a Marina-style rounded roof.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2025
The low-income apartments will sit kitty-corner to the Townes at Kennedy-King, a recent townhome development by Onyx+East along the growing 22nd Street corridor.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025
Phil Rockrohr, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
The store, which is kitty-corner to an Albertsons supermarket, was built by Safeway in 1950 with a Marina-style rounded roof.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2025
The low-income apartments will sit kitty-corner to the Townes at Kennedy-King, a recent townhome development by Onyx+East along the growing 22nd Street corridor.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitty-corner
Adverb
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However, due to manufacturing deadlines, each expansion team played its first season in a more generic jersey with the city name stitched diagonally across the front of the sweater, paying homage to the designs worn by the league’s original six teams in 2024.—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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The Avs’ leading scorer fired at the Minnesota goal, caught his own rebound, stopped, turned left, and slid the puck diagonally to a hard-charging Artturi Lehkonen.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
4 May 2026
Adverb
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The trumpet blooms of amaryllis flare out as much as eight inches across and are most commonly available in salmon, every version of orange, red, and white with maroon streaks.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
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The neighborhood/area Right across from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) campus, within San Diego's Torrey Pines area, Estancia’s location is pretty secluded.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Kitty-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitty-corner. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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