as in transversely
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
placed two strips of pimiento diagonally on each deviled egg
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Recent Examples of diagonally
The large, angled handkerchief is a subtle formal echo of the drapery opening diagonally above Mariana’s head.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Ingebrigtsen ran ever so slightly diagonally to cut across Kerr and force him wider in a last-ditch effort to stay first.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
Sign up But a 97-inch television is only scratching the surface of how big these devices can get; TCL has introduced a 115-inch television, while Samsung sells one that measures 146 inches — more than 12 feet across diagonally.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 20 Nov. 2024
But the star of the show here is the 24-inch display, which actually measures 23.5 inches diagonally and offers 4.5K (4,480-by-2,520-pixel) resolution.
—Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
Ingebrigtsen ran ever so slightly diagonally to cut across Kerr and force him wider in a last-ditch effort to stay first.
—Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 7 Aug. 2024
Sign up But a 97-inch television is only scratching the surface of how big these devices can get; TCL has introduced a 115-inch television, while Samsung sells one that measures 146 inches — more than 12 feet across diagonally.
—Justin Klawans, The Week Us, theweek, 20 Nov. 2024
But the star of the show here is the 24-inch display, which actually measures 23.5 inches diagonally and offers 4.5K (4,480-by-2,520-pixel) resolution.
—Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagonally. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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