"catty-cornered" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-catty-cornered.wav [US]
Etymology: From catty-corner + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|catty-corner|-ed}} catty-corner + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} catty-cornered (not comparable)
  1. (US, Canada) Alternative form of catty-corner: catercorner. Tags: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: catty-corner (extra: catercorner)
    Sense id: en-catty-cornered-en-adj-V1rsXRhi Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 47 53

Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-catty-cornered.wav [US]
Etymology: From catty-corner + -ed. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|catty-corner|-ed}} catty-corner + -ed Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} catty-cornered (not comparable)
  1. (US, Canada) Alternative form of catty-corner: cater-corner. Tags: Canada, US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: catty-corner (extra: cater-corner)
    Sense id: en-catty-cornered-en-adv-9creKSQf Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 47 53

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