Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a diagonal direction; crosswise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a diagonal direction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
diagonal manner, notsquare to any direction.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a diagonal manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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A Wonder Bread sandwich, cut in 2 pieces diagonally, is simply in a class of its own.
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A dark figure crossed the compound diagonally from the beach gate, where whoever it was had been watching the vessel.
Chapter 15 2010
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A segment of the pole is visible at the bottom of the cap, and the end of the pole extends diagonally from the lower neck nearly to the edge of the coin.
Liberty Cap Half Cent, Head Facing Right, Small Head, 1795-1797 : Coin Guide 2008
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There are Banamex, in both Chapala and ajijic (right on the Southwest corner) of the Plaza, diagonally from the policia station ..
Ajijic Banks 2004
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A dark figure crossed the compound diagonally from the beach gate, where whoever it was had been watching the vessel.
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Having satisfied their curiosity they disappeared over the hills diagonally from the river down stream.
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There were more troops where the corridor ended in great double doors, emblazoned with a straight broad-sword diagonally across an eight-pointed star.
A Slave is a Slave H. Beam Piper 1934
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The touch screen is really stunning, measuring 3 inches diagonally, which is a hair larger than the 2. 81-inch display on the Voyager.
unknown title 2009
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The screen measures 12.1 inches diagonally which is 2 or 3 inches bigger than most netbook screens.
OSNN News 2009
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Slice log diagonally into 1/2-inch slices, placing them slices upright on baking sheet.
A Tale of Two Cookies Sarah 2009
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