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catty-cornered
cat·ty-cor·nered C0169500 (kăt′ē-kôr′nərd) or cat·ty-cor·ner (-nər)adj. & adv. Variants of cater-cornered.catty-cornered or catty-corneradj variant forms of cater-corneredcat•ty-cor•nered (ˈkæt iˌkɔr nərd) also cat′ty-cor`ner,
adj., adv. Southern U.S. cater-cornered. [1830–40, Amer.] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | catty-cornered - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"catacorner, cata-cornered, catercorner, cater-cornered, catty-corner, kitty-corner, kitty-corneredoblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base" |
IdiomsSeecatty-cornercatty-cornered
Synonyms for catty-corneredadj slanted across a polygon on a diagonal lineSynonyms- catacorner
- cata-cornered
- catercorner
- cater-cornered
- catty-corner
- kitty-corner
- kitty-cornered
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