catty-corner
Across the intersection
Catty-corner means positioned diagonally across from something, especially at an intersection: The pharmacy is catty-corner from the bank.
The word has many spelling variants—kitty-corner, catercorner, catty-cornered—all descended from a word meaning diagonally.
American regional usage varies, with catty-corner common in the South and kitty-corner in the North.
Slanting line or path
- acrossFrom side to side
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
- slantOblique angle or bias
angle · crosswise · bias · intersection · adjacent · cater-corner · askew · transverse
Relaxed, not official
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- regionalRelating to an area
- SouthernOf the region below
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
folksy · dialect · idiomatic · conversational · casual · slang · localism · colloquialism
diagonal
Slanting line or path
slant · angle · crosswise · bias · intersection · adjacent · cater-corner · askew · transverse · cornerwise
informal
Relaxed, not official
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- regionalRelating to an area
- SouthernOf the region below
American · folksy · dialect · idiomatic · conversational · casual · slang · localism · colloquialism · everyday
catty-corneradjacent
Directly next to
straight ahead · side by side · perpendicular · face-to-face · next door