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catty-cornered

adjective

Meaning

  1. Of or pertaining to something at a diagonal to another; of four corners, those diagonal to another.
  2. Uneven, not square, as mislaid stones or people with a limping gait.
  3. Diagonally across from.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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