- cornerways
- adverb Date: 1845 diagonally
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
cornerways
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cornerways — adv. diagonally … English contemporary dictionary
cornerways — cor·ner·ways … English syllables
cornerways — adverb see cornerwise * * * cornˈerwise or cornˈerways adverb 1. With the corner in front 2. Diagonally • • • Main Entry: ↑corner … Useful english dictionary
cornerwise — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cornerways, diagonally, cater corner, cater cornerways, catty corner, kitty corner, obliquely, askew, slanting, aslant, from corner to corner, on the bias, angling, diagonalwise, slaunchwise*, catawampus* … English dictionary for students
Samuel Daukes — Samuel Whitfield Daukes (sometimes Dawkes) was an English architect. He was born in London in 1811, the son of Samuel Whitfield Daukes, a businessman with coal mining and brewery interests, who bought Diglis House, Worcester in 1827. He was… … Wikipedia
cornerwise — /kawr neuhr wuyz /, adv. 1. with the corner in front. 2. so as to form a corner. 3. from corner to corner; diagonally. Also, cornerways /kawr neuhr wayz /. [1425 75; late ME; see CORNER, WISE] * * * … Universalium
bias — Synonyms and related words: a thing for, aberrancy, aberration, across, affect, affinity, angle, angle off, animus, aptitude, aptness, aslant, aslope, athwart, atilt, bag, bear off, bend, bend to, bendwise, bent, bevel, beveled, biased, biaswise … Moby Thesaurus
catercorner — Synonyms and related words: across, athwart, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, catercornered, catercornerways, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, crosswise, diagonal, diagonally, diagonalwise, kittycorner, on the bias, slant, thwart, transverse … Moby Thesaurus
cattycorner — Synonyms and related words: across, athwart, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, catercornerways, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, crosswise, diagonal, diagonally, diagonalwise, kittycorner, on the bias, slant, thwart … Moby Thesaurus
kittycorner — Synonyms and related words: across, athwart, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, catercorner, catercornered, catercornerways, cornerways, cornerwise, crossways, crosswise, diagonal, diagonally, diagonalwise, on the bias, slant, thwart, transverse … Moby Thesaurus
