diagonally
Across at angles
Diagonally means at an angle, neither parallel nor perpendicular to a reference line.
A path running diagonally crosses a space from corner to corner rather than along the edges: She walked diagonally across the park.
In chess, bishops move diagonally.
The word often describes cutting or positioning at a slant: Slice the carrots diagonally.
At a slant
- cornerwiseAcross opposing corners
- kitty-cornerDiagonally across from
- cater-cornerDiagonally opposite in position
- catty-cornerDiagonally across from
askew · aslant · athwart · transversely · sideways · crosswise · slantwise · bias
Quadrilateral with paired parallels
- rhombusEquilateral parallelogram
- quadrilateralFour-sided closed figure
- rectangleFour-sided, all right angles
- squareRhombus with right angles
trapezoid · diamond · kite · vertex · axis · coordinate · plane · hypotenuse
Overlapping lines in X-shapes
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- checkeredPatterned in squares
- plaidWoven crisscross pattern
tartan · herringbone · argyle · twill · trellis · grid · weave · interlace
Diocesan clergy head
- chessboardCheckered playing surface
- squaresFour-sided equal figures
- moveChange location or act
- captureTake into custody
fianchetto · attack · traverse
obliquely
At a slant
- cornerwiseAcross opposing corners
- kitty-cornerDiagonally across from
- cater-cornerDiagonally opposite in position
catty-corner · askew · aslant · athwart · transversely · sideways · crosswise · slantwise · bias · angle
parallelogram
Quadrilateral with paired parallels
- rhombusEquilateral parallelogram
- quadrilateralFour-sided closed figure
- rectangleFour-sided, all right angles
square · trapezoid · diamond · kite · vertex · axis · coordinate · plane · hypotenuse · bisect
crisscross
Overlapping lines in X-shapes
plaid · tartan · herringbone · argyle · twill · trellis · grid · weave · interlace · meshwork
bishop
Diocesan clergy head
- chessboardCheckered playing surface
- squaresFour-sided equal figures
- moveChange location or act
capture · fianchetto · attack · traverse
- adverbsquickly, slowly, very, really, now
- adverbs of direction/mannerforward, backward, sideways, upward, downward
- directional adverbshorizontally, vertically, laterally, longitudinally, transversely
diagonallyhorizontally
Along a level plane
vertically · perpendicularly · lengthwise · longitudinally · widthwise
diagonallystraight
Not curved or crooked
directly · direct · in a straight line · straightaway · as the crow flies
- diagonal lineAngled straight path
- diagonal cutIncision at an angle
- diagonal parkingSlanted vehicle arrangement
- diagonal movesMovement along slanted lines
- diagonal stripeSlanted linear marking
- diagonal cuttersAngled-jaw wire snippers