In a diagonal direction or manner; at an angle across from something.
From catercorner plus the adverbial suffix '-ways' (meaning direction or manner), describing movement or positioning that is diagonal.
This old-fashioned adverb captures something children still do instinctively—when crossing a plaza or field, they naturally cut catercornerways to save distance, following the shortest path that geometry provides.
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