as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
buttered toast cut cornerways
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Adverb
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The muscle fibers of the external obliques run diagonally downward (from your ribs down toward your pelvis).—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
21 Oct. 2025 -
Several utility lines must be relocated, a large storm drain bisects the site diagonally and multiple sections of street must be eliminated on 13th Street, Commercial Street and National Avenue.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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At an altitude of 625 kilometers, an 18-meter reflector — even if optimally curved to focus that light down onto the Earth’s surface — would create a spot of light just-under 6 km across on Earth’s surface.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
15 Oct. 2025
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Blooms reach five inches across and appear in flaming red, pink, yellow, orange, and in all possible versions and mixtures of these colors.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Cornerways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornerways. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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