cater-cornered

cat·er-cor·nered  (ktr-kôrnrd, kt-) also cat·er-cor·ner (-nr) or cat·ty-cor·nered or cat·ty-cor·ner (kt-) or kit·ty-cor·nered or kit·ty-cor·ner (kt-)

adj.

Diagonal.

adv.

In a diagonal position.

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[From obsolete cater, four at dice, from Middle English, from Old French catre, four, from Latin quattuor; see k^wetwer- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

cater-cornered - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot" cata-cornered, catacorner, catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered oblique - 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"