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diagonally

/daɪˈæɡ.nə.li/

diagonally adverb: in a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.

Adverb

diagonally (comparative more diagonally, superlative most diagonally)

  1. In a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.
    • The diagonally opposed driving positions in the cab are identical.1962 December, “The B.R. standard diesel-electric Type 1 locomotive”, in Modern Railways, page 381
    • He turned back to the scene before him and the enormous new block of council dwellings. The design was some way after Corbusier but the block was built up on plinths and resembled an Atlantic liner swimming diagonally across the site.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    crossways

diagonally meaning in Sanskrit

diagonally in Sanskrit

diagonally, transversely
अक्ष्णया akṣṇayā

Examples of diagonally in a sentence

  • A bishop moves only diagonally; a rook, only sideways, forward, and back.
  • Slice the lamb backstraps diagonally and lay the meat over the eggplants and tomatoes.
  • The first serve of the game is from the right half court to the half diagonally opposite.

All 14 example sentences with diagonally

Synonyms of diagonally

Forms of diagonally

comparativemore diagonally
superlativemost diagonally

Origin of diagonally

From Middle English diagonaly, modeled on Medieval Latin diagōnāliter; equivalent to diagonal + -ly.

Questions about diagonally

What does diagonally mean?
Diagonally means in a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.
What is diagonally in Sanskrit?
Diagonally in Sanskrit is अक्ष्णया (akṣṇayā). See Diagonally meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is diagonally?
Diagonally is an adverb.
How do you pronounce diagonally?
Diagonally is pronounced /daɪˈæɡ.nə.li/ (UK).

Words near diagonally in the dictionary

  1. diagonalized
  2. diagonalizer
  3. diagonalizers
  4. diagonalizes
  5. diagonalizing
  6. diagonally
  7. diagonalness
  8. diagonals
  9. diagonalwise
  10. diagonial
  11. diagram

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Adapted from Wiktionary: diagonally (page history and authors); अक्ष्णया (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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