askew
[uh-skyoo]
adverb
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.
adjective
crooked; awry: Your clothes are all askew.
Origin of askew
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Related Words for askew
off-center, awry, askance, bent, cockeyed, curved, knotted, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, slanting, twisted, zigzag, askant, aslant, catawampus, crookedly, turnedExamples from the Web for askew
Historical Examples of askew
He pushed it askew; and then, since he did not need it now, discarded it altogether.
Osborne resold this inimitable windfall to Dr Askew for sixty guineas.
The Book-HunterJohn Hill Burton
They hung all askew, helplessly pinned, some broadside, some upended.
Wandl the InvaderRaymond King Cummings
Its old logs, disjoined and askew, were all but on the ground.
Virginia of Elk Creek ValleyMary Ellen Chase
At length, most unwillingly, Captain Askew told the men that he should return into the Tower.
Washed AshoreW.H.G. Kingston
askew
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