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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Her bixie cut was tied back with a navy and white-dotted bandana folded diagonally and wrapped around her crown.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 June 2026 -
The Movingstyle has a larger 32-inch vertical alignment (VA) flat panel (measured diagonally) with a 4K UHD native resolution of 3,840 by 2,160 pixels.—
Tony Hoffman,
PC Magazine,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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Meanwhile, sitting across from her mother in the royal carriage, 11-year-old Princess Charlotte appeared to wear a remarkably similar bracelet.—
Stephanie Giang-Paunon,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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Along Trail Creek, a waterway that flows into Lake Michigan, anglers reel in catches across from the Michigan City plant’s aging seawall.—
Christiana Freitag,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2026
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“Cornerways.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornerways. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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