diagonally
/daɪˈæɡənəli/digh-A-guh-nuh-lee
/daɪˈæɡənəli/digh-A-guh-nuh-lee
Meaningin a diagonal way
Common meaning: slantwise
- diathrough, apart
- gona corner, angle; the kneeLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 171 · scan
- aladjective ending: relating to
- lyadverb ending: in a way
‘through, apart’ + ‘a corner, angle’ → diagonally
Journey through time
- Greekγωνία; γόνυ‘a corner, angle’
- Latindiagonalis
- Frenchdiagonal
- Englishdiagonal‘joining opposite corners’
- Englishformed in English from diagonaldiagonally‘slantwise’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from diagonal + -ly.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), DIAGONAL, p.164 · scan
Roots
- γωνία; γόνυ Greek “a corner, angle; the knee”
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