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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Adverb
  • Here, the stalks are diagonally cut into bite-sized pieces and then cooked hot and fast, gently blistered, in a skillet with oil and salt.
    Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2025
  • At his best, Watkins will have minimal hesitation, driving diagonally towards the goal before shimmying, producing one stepover and backing himself to hit the roof of the net with his weaker left foot.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
  • In one round, they were all told to walk as straight across as possible—or with essentially zero degrees of deviation.
    Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The clash occurred just over two billion years ago in ancient South Africa, forming the largest impact structure on Earth: a massive crater almost 200 miles across.
    Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
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“Kitty-corner.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kitty-corner. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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