diagonallyadv.
/dʌɪˈaɡənəli/ In a diagonal direction; so as to extend from one angle or corner to the opposite. Also: In a slanting direction or position, obliquely.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adverb] > diagonally
acrossa1350
cornerwise1474
diagonally?1541
diagonially1646
diagonal-wise1665
bias-way1702
the world > space > direction > specific directions > [adverb] > in transverse direction > diagonally
cornerly1474
cornerwise1474
diagonally?1541
cater-cornered1838
cater-corneringa1854
?1541 R. Copland Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens ii. sig. Iiv v Two longe wayes that descende fro the kydnees that entre by the sydes of the bladder dyagonnelly.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais in Wks. (1694) I. i. viii. 29 Six hundred Ells..of blew Velvet..diagonally purled.
1774 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. 1772 23 The upper part being set diagonally within the lower.
1837 C. R. Goring & A. Pritchard Micrographia 121 A coarse piece of canvas, with the fibres running diagonally.
1870 H. Spencer Princ. Psychol. (ed. 2) I. v. ii. 518 The diagonally-opposite angle.
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