cater-cornered
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
Etymology
Origin of cater-cornered
First recorded in 1830–40; dialectal cater (adverb) diagonally (probably to be identified with obsolete cater “four,” from Middle French, quatre, from Latin quattuor ) + cornered
Example Sentences
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The new Colburn structure is under construction on a former parking lot, cater-cornered to the current campus, at 2nd and Olive streets just east of the Grand, creating three contiguous blocks of Gehry-designed buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Walk a block west on East Pike toward Broadway, then turn left at the intersection cater-cornered from the QFC.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Offutt’s family home was cater-cornered from Our Lady of Lourdes, where he went to elementary school.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023
Lander will drop you at Hiawatha Playfield, another green space good for a break, which is cater-cornered from Safeway, prime for a bathroom and water if need be.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Now, had Jeff Bransford desired to go to Arcadia—to that masquerade, for instance—his direct route from Jackson’s Ranch would have been cater-cornered across the desert, as has been amply demonstrated by Pythagoras and others.
From Bransford of Rainbow Range Originally Published under the title of Bransford in Arcadia, or, The Little Eohippus by Rhodes, Eugene Manlove
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