as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner fold the napkin cornerwise and then fold it again

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Adverb
  • Now draw an imaginary line diagonally through the Dipper's bowl from Dubhe (the upper right star in the bowl) down through Phecda (the lower left star in the bowl) and extend that line downward about twice the distance between those two stars and that will bring you to the vicinity of Cor Caroli.
    Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Fold squares in half diagonally over filling to create triangles.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • 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
  • 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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“Cornerwise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cornerwise. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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