cross-cornern.
The corner of a quadrilateral diagonally opposite to another. at cross-corners with: figurative directly opposite or contrary to.
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the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [adverb]
fromward?c1225
contrariouslyc1380
contrarying to1382
reversinglya1425
contrary1463
clean fro1483
repugnantly?1526
diametrally?1533
contrairly1535
in diameter1543
thwartly1558
oppositely1567
contrarily1570
contrariwise1574
diameter-wise1600
diameterly1603
reciprocallya1628
diametrically1633
counter1643
encounter1660
polarly1670
Antarcticallya1711
contrariantly1796
antithetically1816
tout au contraire1841
antistrophically1842
contrapositively1858
in reverse1869
at cross-corners with1892
1812 M. Edgeworth Absentee vi, in Tales Fashionable Life VI. 28 Set the sea-cale at this corner, and put down the grass cross-corners.
1892 Mrs. E. Lynn Linton in New Rev. Feb. 225 Private idiosyncrasies which..place them at cross-corners with the rest of their race.
Derivatives
cross-ˈcornerness n. Apparently an isolated use.
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1884 Illustr. London News 10 May 442/2 Pondering..on the cross-cornerness of things in general.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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