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Definition of Catty-cornered
1. Adjective. Slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line. "Set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
Similar to: Oblique
Definition of Catty-cornered
1. Adjective. (American English) catercorner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catty-cornered
Literary usage of Catty-cornered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dialect Notes by American Dialect Society (1896)
"... valley [Tennessee] catty-cornered, for zigzag, is sometimes called
kitty-catty-cornered." (RM Middleton, Jr.) This bears out Mr. ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1836 One of that class.. . .who, when compelled to share their bed with another,
lie in that engrossing position called " catty-cornered. ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Inside Passage and Coastal Alaska by Lynn Readicker-Henderson (2002)
"The Visitor's Center is in downtown, catty-cornered from the back of St.
Michael's Cathedral, on the second floor of the Lahmeyer Building, ..."
4. The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the by Henry Louis Mencken (1921)
"Other such survivors are burly, catty-cornered, likely, deft, copious, scant and
ornate. Perhaps clever also belongs to this category, that is in the ..."
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