Diagonal and Plumb

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Diagonal adjective - Running in a slanting direction.

Usage example: the diagonal design ran up the wall all the way from the lower left to the upper right-hand corner

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Plumb is an antonym for diagonal.

Nearby Word: diagonally

Plumb adjective - Rising straight up.

Usage example: the wall was not plumb, so everything else in the room was out of kilter

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Diagonal is an antonym for plumb.

Nearby Words: plumbed, plumbing, plumber, plumbic, plumbery

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