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di·ag·o·nal·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. diagonallyadverb

    in a diagonal manner

    "she lives diagonally across the street from us"

Wiktionary

  1. diagonallyadverb

    In a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Diagonallyadverb

    In a diagonal direction.

    Etymology: from diagonal.

    The right and left are not defined by philosophers according to common acceptation, that is, respectively from one man unto another, or any constant site in each, as though that should be the right in one, which, upon confront or facing, stands athwart or diagonally unto the other; but were distinguished, according unto their activity and predominant locomotion, on the either side. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv.

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  1. diagonally

    Diagonally refers to a line or path that runs slanting from one corner or side to another, not along straight sides or edges. It usually applies to squares, rectangles, or other similar shapes, and it suggests a direction that is not horizontal or vertical but in between these two orientations.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Diagonallyadverb

    in a diagonal direction

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of diagonally in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of diagonally in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of diagonally in a Sentence

  1. Jeb Bush:

    Just for the record, young people do it better than older people. It's cooler to do it diagonally rather than straight up, remember that. And it's better to do it higher than lower, because you look skinnier. Am I right ?

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