as in transversely
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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Recent Examples of diagonally
To me and others, Orion also resembles a giant hourglass oriented diagonally in the evening southeastern sky.
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
On each square of dough, make 4 (1-inch) cuts at corners diagonally toward center.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
Hisense was the first to introduce this tech, calling it RGB-MiniLED in its US$30,000 model that measures 116 inches diagonally.
—New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2025
Try turning the box diagonally.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
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Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
On each square of dough, make 4 (1-inch) cuts at corners diagonally toward center.
—Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025
Hisense was the first to introduce this tech, calling it RGB-MiniLED in its US$30,000 model that measures 116 inches diagonally.
—New Atlas, 21 Dec. 2025
Try turning the box diagonally.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for diagonally
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diagonally
Adverb
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Its mighty 12-cylinder heart is mounted transversely, stretching side-to-side across the chassis instead of the front-to-back layout usually used with engines of more than four cylinders.—
Will Sabel Courtney,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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At night, the dinette converts over into the 53 x 74-in (135 x 188-cm) double bed that runs transversely.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The sitting area, in the middle of the floating bridge at Lake Como Park, is about 15 feet across.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Jan. 2026
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The cluster is 6-to-13 light-years across and has some of the hottest and biggest stars found in the Milky Way.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
5 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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That’s what Lenny, a biopic of comedian Lenny Bruce, is obliquely about.—
Lili Anolik,
Vanity Fair,
12 Jan. 2026
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If its absence speaks obliquely to the Dadaist disregard for aesthetic permanence, its iconography—and its iconoclastic mordancy—echoes throughout his entire corpus.—
Ara H. Merjian,
Artforum,
1 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Make another layer with another 1/4 of the eggplant slices, this time arranging them crosswise to the first layer.—
Carolyn Casner,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2022
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Serve: Carve the chicken breasts off the bone, slice them crosswise, and serve with the salad.—
Beth Segal,
cleveland,
23 Sep. 2021
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagonally. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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