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
  • If your home is very wide and has only a few inlets, open windows located diagonally to each other have the longest possible straight path for air flow, thereby increasing the potential of air circulation across the whole room.
    Aksha Mittapalli, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 May 2025
  • Yamal has now scored pretty much the same goal in three consecutive games — the 17-year-old dribbles diagonally through the opposing defence, positions himself in front of the target and fires a shot into the top corner.
    Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Adverb
  • The company’s spec sheet says that each panel is 22 inches across, with a 480-by-540 resolution and refresh rates from 48 to 144Hz.
    Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 14 May 2025
  • Once chest length, her hair now sits just above chin-length, cut straight across in one layer and flipped slightly outward at the ends.
    Nicola Dall'Asen, Allure, 5 May 2025
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“Kitty-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitty-corner. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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