variants
also catty-corner
or catercorner
or kitty-cornered
or catty-cornered
or catercornered
as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
walked kitty-corner across the quadrangle to the registration booth
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Recent Examples of kitty-corner
The store, which is kitty-corner to an Albertsons supermarket, was built by Safeway in 1950 with a Marina-style rounded roof.
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Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2025
The low-income apartments will sit kitty-corner to the Townes at Kennedy-King, a recent townhome development by Onyx+East along the growing 22nd Street corridor.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025
Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 23 Aug. 2025
The low-income apartments will sit kitty-corner to the Townes at Kennedy-King, a recent townhome development by Onyx+East along the growing 22nd Street corridor.
—Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kitty-corner
Adverb
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Shortly before the shooting, Good is seen at the wheel of her SUV that is parked diagonally on a street.—
Hannah Schoenbaum,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Shortly before the shooting Good is seen at the wheel of her SUV that is parked diagonally on a street.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
13 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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By the way, our Earth is only about 8,000 miles across.—
Mike Lynch,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Meanwhile, the sinkhole had grown to 7 feet across and 10 feet deep and continues to actively erode the ground around it, Krul told The Star.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Kitty-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitty-corner. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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