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 store, which is kitty-corner to an Albertsons supermarket, was built by Safeway in 1950 with a Marina-style rounded roof.
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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
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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Remove any crossing branches or those that grow diagonally through the canopy.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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The slim plot, a leftover from when the Avenue of the Americas cut diagonally through the grid in the 1920s, was for many decades home to a gas station and carwash.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
29 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Alonso and his team will fly a total of 17 hours across to Kazakhstan and back, before facing Villarreal at home in La Liga on Saturday.—
Guillermo Rai,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The fruit, which grow in clusters on the trunk and scaffold branches, are jumbo size compared to ordinary figs, reaching four inches across.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Kitty-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitty-corner. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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