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diagonal
adjective as in having an oblique direction
Strong match
Weak matches
- askew
- beveled
- cater-corner
- cater-cornered
- catercorner
- catty-cornered
- kitty-corner
- kitty-cornered
- skewing
- slanting
- transversal
- transverse
Example Sentences
In terms of long passing, Virgil van Dijk possesses a great long diagonal pass that has found Mohamed Salah isolated on the right wing numerous times over the last few years to similar effect.
He also envisions a novel structural system: divide the building into eight-story modules, where the loads of each module are transferred by diagonal braces to the main columns.
This bold diagonal, cut through the prim Quaker street grid, produced a great many awkwardly shaped blocks, including the pointy trapezoid between the Parkway and the Vine Street Expressway that houses Calder Gardens.
The fourth goal came in stoppage time when Berterame finished off a diagonal cross from the right.
Yet it was another Tigers replacement, Perese, who stole the show almost instantly, hitting the line at full tilt just inside the Sale half and scorching away on a diagonal run to the left corner.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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