askew
adv.
in a crooked position, at an angle; disapprovingly
adj.
crooked
Askew
askew
Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff
(similar) crooked
Adverb
1. turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
(synonym) awry, skew-whiff
Askew
(adv. & a.)
Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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