"catty-cornered" meaning in English

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Adjective

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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)
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Adverb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-catty-cornered.wav
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, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
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