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catty-cornered

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cat·ty-cor·nered  (kt-kôrnrd) or cat·ty-cor·ner (-nr)
adj. & adv.
Variants of cater-cornered.
catty-cornered
adj
a variant of cater-cornered
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Adj.1.catty-cornered - slanted across a polygon on a diagonal line; "set off in a catty-corner direction across the vacant lot"
cata-cornered, catacorner, cater-cornered, catercorner, catty-corner, 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"
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