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/ˈka.tiˌkɔː.nə/ · adverb
(US, Canada) Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from..
He takes the Brewer turnoff off the Pike and the road takes him through the town where he first bought gas. As he takes the road marked BREWER 16 he can see cattycornered across the main street the dirtdigger's pumps and his dark window full of glinting shovels and fishing rods.
Use catty-corner when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Catty-corner means (US, Canada) Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from..
Common synonyms include cater-corner, oblique, catercorner, cater-cornered.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He takes the Brewer turnoff off the Pike and the road takes him through the town where he first bought gas. As he takes the road marked BREWER 16 he can see cattycornered across the main street the dirtdigger's pumps and his dark window full of glinting shovels and fishing rods.
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