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diagonally

ADVERB
having an oblique direction
Synonyms
STRONGEST
cater-corner cater-cornered catercorner catty-corner catty-cornered crosswise kitty-corner kitty-cornered
STRONG
cornerways cornerwise
WEAK


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Diagonally across from it is sixty-five thousand square feet of vacant space, in a shopping center financed by the bank.

From The New Yorker • May 22, 2019

Diagonally across the runway was Tiffany Trump under the watchful eye of her Secret Service detail — and less than a half-dozen seats away from rapper Fat Joe.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2017

Diagonally across from Goetz sat Barry Allen, 18.

From Time Magazine Archive

Diagonally across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania last fortnight went an insult to Philadelphia.

From Time Magazine Archive

Diagonally across the dining-room from where Jack Everson stood was the door leading to the rear of the house.

From The Jungle Fugitives A Tale of Life and Adventure in India Including also Many Stories of American Adventure, Enterprise and Daring by Ellis, Edward Sylvester




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