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askew

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a·skew  (-sky)
adv. & adj.
To one side; awry: rugs lying askew.
[Probably a- + skew.]
askew
Adverb, adj
towards one side; crooked
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.askew - turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff, wonky, lopsided
crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
Adv.1.askew - turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
skew-whiff, awry
askew
adjective 1. crooked, awry, oblique, lopsided, off-centre, cockeyed (informal) skewwhiff Brit. (informal) << OPPOSITE straight
adverb 2. crookedly, to one side, awry, obliquely, off-centre, aslant << OPPOSITE straight
Translations
askew [əˈskjuː] adv → sesgado, ladeado
askew [əˈskjuː] adv → de travers, de guinguois
askew [əˈskjuː] adv → schief
askew [əˈskjuː] adv → di traverso, storto


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He looked me squarely in the eyes, and twisted his mouth askew.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
At the corner of the pavement, in a short, stylish overcoat and a low-crowned fashionable hat, jauntily askew, with a smile that showed a gleam of white teeth and red lips, stood Stepan Arkadyevitch, radiant, young, and beaming.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The other head, equally ancient, was a white man's, as the heavy blond moustache, twisted and askew on the shrivelled upper lip, gave sufficient advertisement; and Sheldon wondered what forgotten beche-de-mer fisherman or sandalwood trader had gone to furnish that ghastly trophy.
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