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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Rose Byrne stunned in a strapless black mermaid Dior gown that featured delicate embroidered floral appliqués with shimmering beadwork running diagonally across the bodice and down the skirt, which flowed into a train.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
15 Mar. 2026
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Grab your telescope and look out for a line of faint stars extending diagonally from Gienag above Algorab, which will lead you directly to the patch of sky containing M104!—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
14 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The apartment’s centerpiece—the building’s former boardroom—is cavernous, stretching about 47 feet across with ceilings rising more than 14 feet overhead.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Strait of Hormuz is only about 20 miles at its narrowest point, and the Gulf itself is only a few hundred miles across at its widest.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
12 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Kitty-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitty-corner. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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