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Definition of "catty-cornered" [catty-cornered]

  • Variants of cater-cornered. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "catty-cornered" in a sentence
  • "A few moments later, down in that overheated basement, feeling the detectives breathing down their necks, the techs pick her up again sitting on a wooden bench about ten feet past the corner of Crosby and Prince, catty-cornered from the office building she left, a few steps past the entrance to Savoy."
  • "About 10 feet away, a four-door SUV pulled in and parked catty-cornered to one of the gas pumps."
  • "REGAN, MADISON, and SPENCER are sprawled catty-cornered in the main seating area of the lounge."
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