kitty-cornered

kitty-cornered

In a diagonal position from, especially outward from the corner of a square. A variant of the more technical term "cater-corner," with "cater" meaning "to set or move diagonally." Primarily heard in UK. Thankfully there's a crèche kitty-cornered to my office, so dropping the kids off in the morning is really easy.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • kitty-corner
  • fight (one's) corner
  • fight your corner
  • back/paint somebody/yourself into a corner
  • average Joe
  • a tight corner
  • cater
  • cater to
  • cater to (someone or something)
  • (a)round the corner