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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Adverb
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Here, the stalks are diagonally cut into bite-sized pieces and then cooked hot and fast, gently blistered, in a skillet with oil and salt.—
Gretchen McKay,
Twin Cities,
23 Apr. 2025 -
At his best, Watkins will have minimal hesitation, driving diagonally towards the goal before shimmying, producing one stepover and backing himself to hit the roof of the net with his weaker left foot.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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The surviving theater ruins included the podium, orchestra and several semi-circular rows of stone, measuring about 65 feet across, archaeologists said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
25 Apr. 2025
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Most near-Earth objects (NEOs) are asteroids that range in size from about 10 feet to almost 25 miles across.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Kitty-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitty-corner. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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