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catty-cornered

cat·ty-cor·nered
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kat-ee kawr-nerd]
    • /ˈkæt i ˈkɔr nərd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kat-ee kawr-nerd]
    • /ˈkæt i ˈkɔr nərd/

Definitions of catty-cornered word

  • abbreviation CATTY-CORNERED cater-cornered 3
  • adjective catty-cornered (US) catercorner. 0
See all 2 definitions of catty-cornered

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Origin of catty-cornered

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1830-40

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Parts of speech for Catty-cornered

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Catty-cornered

catty-cornered popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for catty-cornered

adj catty-cornered

  • crosswise — Crosswise means diagonally across something.
  • bevel — a surface that meets another at an angle other than a right angle
  • oblique — neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
  • cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
  • bias — Bias is a tendency to prefer one person or thing to another, and to favour that person or thing.
All 16 Synonyms of catty-cornered

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