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 player starts in his position at one of the outside cones, facing the coach, before backpedaling straight back for 5 yards and then breaking diagonally to the next cone.
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Rj Kraft, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Another strap wrapped diagonally across her mid-drift, displaying another gold clasp.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
The Eastern would stand on land now occupied by a strip mall at an unusually wide intersection where San Vicente Boulevard crosses Wilshire diagonally.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The pickup truck leading them parks diagonally and obstructs oncoming vehicles.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
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Rj Kraft, The Athletic, 24 Feb. 2025
Another strap wrapped diagonally across her mid-drift, displaying another gold clasp.
—Julia Teti, WWD, 21 Feb. 2025
The Eastern would stand on land now occupied by a strip mall at an unusually wide intersection where San Vicente Boulevard crosses Wilshire diagonally.
—Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2025
The pickup truck leading them parks diagonally and obstructs oncoming vehicles.
—Alfredo Sosa, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for diagonally
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“Diagonally.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diagonally. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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