askew
to one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry: to wear one's hat askew;to hang a picture askew.
with disapproval, scorn, contempt, etc.; disdainfully: They looked askew at the painting.
Origin of askew
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- a·skew·ness, noun
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How to use askew in a sentence
One popular theory holds that Jupiter and Saturn shifted in their orbits billions of years ago, a reshuffling that knocked the orbits of distant comets askew and send them careening into the inner solar system.
Planets with many neighbors may be the best places to look for life | Lisa Grossman | November 16, 2020 | Science NewsHowever, like many things in Japan, the statistics and the reality are always slightly askew.
Where Have Japan’s Yakuza Gone? | Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko Stucky | March 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat Byron himself had been raised a Scotsman and a Calvinist placed him from birth slightly askew from the ruling British elite.
Poet and Rake, Lord Byron Was Also an Interventionist With Brains and Savvy | Michael Weiss | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTStuck on the wall behind the judge was a sheet of paper, slightly askew, with this word in neat black letters: “NORTH.”
The Sedition Files: How an Indian Cartoonist Becomes a Criminal | Dilip D’Souza | September 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST“Beside me the young Brit was snoring softly now, his glasses askew on his fin-shaped nose,” Obama wrote.
Wearing a dark blazer and a slightly askew lavender tie, he could have passed for a young Tom Cruise.
She was a woman of too much natural and acquired poise to remain askew under any shock.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonIvan Afanasiitch stood still a moment, groped after his cap, put it on askew, and went out without closing his mouth.
A Desperate Character and Other Stories | Ivan TurgenevTo one side a great metal cylinder lay askew a heap of rubbish.
The Jewels of Aptor | Samuel R. DelanyIt looked very forlorn sitting askew in its forks, with a pair of worn-out finnesko hanging over it.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonWhen askew died in 1774 they were offered to a collector for two thousand guineas, but the price was considered too large.
Prices of Books | Henry B. Wheatley
British Dictionary definitions for askew
/ (əˈskjuː) /
at an oblique angle; towards one side; awry
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