All 3 Uses of
diagonal
in
The Magic Mountain
- They took only a few steps diagonally across the room, and Hans Castorp found that he was already at the place set for him, at the end of the middle table toward the front of the room, halfway between the two crosswise tables.†
Chpt 3.2diagonally = in a sloped manner
- The chipper old lady was once again keeping up a steady stream of blurry Russian directed diagonally toward Dr. Blumenkohl, who listened with a careworn face.†
Chpt 3.7 *
- When you opened the double doors at the front, you saw a diagonal pattern of wooden louvers stained black—nothing more.†
Chpt 7.7diagonal = sloped
Definition:
a straight line connecting opposite corners of a rectangle; or a slope that could connect the corners of an imaginary rectangle that has one side parallel to the floor