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kitty-cornered
kit·ty-cor·nered K0081200 (kĭt′ē-kôr′nərd) or kit·ty-cor·ner (-nər)adj. & adv. Variants of cater-cornered.kitty-cornered adj a variant of cater-cornered kit′ty-cor`nered or kit′ty-cor`ner,
adj., adv. cater-cornered. [1885–90] Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | kitty-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, catty-cornered, kitty-corneroblique - 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" |
kitty-cornered
kitty-corneredIn a diagonal position from, especially outward from the corner of a square. A variant of the more technical term "cater-corner," with "cater" meaning "to set or move diagonally." Primarily heard in UK. Thankfully there's a crèche kitty-cornered to my office, so dropping the kids off in the morning is really easy.kitty-cornered
Synonyms for kitty-corneredadj slanted across a polygon on a diagonal lineSynonyms- catacorner
- cata-cornered
- catercorner
- cater-cornered
- catty-corner
- catty-cornered
- kitty-corner
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