as in diagonally
in a line or direction running from corner to corner
the coat of arms had a line of white horses running transversely from one corner to another on a blue background
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diagonally
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Slightly bigger, at 7.4 inches measured diagonally (compared with the 7-inch Steam Deck display), the new system swaps the IPS panel for an OLED one.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 June 2025 -
Arbuckle watched as the group marched diagonally across an intersection on Main Street.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2025
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“Transversely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transversely. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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