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 table below shows her willingness to play long forward passes, either diagonally to wingers or more direct for runners in behind.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
27 Oct. 2025 -
Shoeless Mack Hollins is dressed as a bishop for #Halloween moving diagonally as the piece does.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The show has been a huge hit for Netflix but will move across in less than two year’s time.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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Such impacts can excavate craters tens of feet across, even from meteoroids weighing just a few pounds.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Cornerways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornerways. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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