adv
Meaning 1
In a diagonal manner, not square to any direction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
diagonally
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /daɪˈæɡ.nə.li/
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UK: /daɪˈæɡ.ən.ə.li/
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CMU ARPABET: D AY0 AE1 G AH0 N AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
in a diagonal manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- she lives diagonally across the street from us
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English diagonaly, modeled on Medieval Latin diagōnāliter; equivalent to diagonal + -ly.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: диагонално (diagonalno) — in a diagonal manner
- Catalan: diagonalment — in a diagonal manner
- Finnish: vinottain — in a diagonal manner
- Finnish: vinossa — in a diagonal manner
- Finnish: kulmittain — in a diagonal manner
- Galician: diagonalmente — in a diagonal manner
- Hungarian: átlósan — in a diagonal manner
- Ingrian: poikittee — in a diagonal manner
- Italian: diagonalmente — in a diagonal manner
- Polish: diagonalnie — in a diagonal manner
- Portuguese: diagonalmente — in a diagonal manner
- Slovak: diagonálne — in a diagonal manner
- Spanish: diagonalmente — in a diagonal manner
- Tocharian B: akṣnai — in a diagonal manner
- Ukrainian: діагона́льно (diahonálʹno) — in a diagonal manner
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