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Definition of Diagonally
1. Adverb. In a diagonal manner. "She lives diagonally across the street from us"
Definition of Diagonally
1. adv. In a diagonal direction.
Definition of Diagonally
1. Adverb. In a diagonal manner, not square to any direction. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diagonally
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diagonally
Literary usage of Diagonally
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Folk-dances and singing games: twenty-six folk-dances of Norway, Sweden by Elizabeth Burchenal (1909)
"6] (three, and) ; extend the right foot diagonally forward and at the same time
hop on the left foot (four, and). [Fig. 7.] (Meas. 2. ..."
2. American Journal of Education (1862)
"point diagonally forward on the right side, and vice versa. (Fig. 12.) No. 22.
Same as the last, except when the left foot charges diagonally backward, ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"The matter is easy, because the steamship route between Barbadoes and the Azores
crosses the area diagonally and passes very near the center. ..."
4. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1862)
"point diagonally forward on the right side, and vice versa. (Fig. 12.) No. 22.
Same as the last, except when the left foot charged diagonally backward, ..."
5. The Merchant of Venice: A Comedy by William Shakespeare, David Belasco (1922)
"From L. corner diagonally up- Stage to a point LC, about on line of Second
Entrance, Draperies, forming Wall. From R. corner diagonally up- Stage to a point ..."
6. The Writings in Prose and Verse of Rudyard Kipling by Rudyard Kipling (1899)
"... diagonally through the fell of his chest, a thin white line terminating near
the fourth left rib. "My mind's goin'," said Mulvaney, the unabashed. ..."
7. Obstetrics: The Science and the Art by Charles Delucena Meigs (1856)
"I say diagonally, for, although it be true that a child may descend through the
plane in a direct position, ie with its vertex, or its forehead to the pubis ..."
8. The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1906)
"Crossing the latter diagonally, we ascend in l/z hr. to the wooded summit of the
... diagonally ..."
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