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catty-corner

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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.

[From obsolete cater, four at dice, from Middle English, from Old French catre, four, from Latin quattuor; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots.]
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Adj.1.catty-corner - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
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"


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The agency has been monitoring two polluted sites -- one across the street from the county land and one catty-corner from the site -- since the 1990s.
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