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askew - 4 dictionary results

a⋅skew

[uh-skyoo]
–adverb
1. to one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry: to wear one's hat askew; to hang a picture askew.
2. with disapproval, scorn, contempt, etc.; disdainfully: They looked askew at the painting.
–adjective
3. crooked; awry: Your clothes are all askew.

Origin:
1565–75; a- 1 + skew


a⋅skew⋅ness, noun
a·skew   (ə-skyōō')   
adv.   & adj.
To one side; awry: rugs lying askew.

[Probably a-2 + skew.]

Askew

A*skew"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + skew.] Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. --Spenser.

askew 
1573, probably lit. "on skew" (see skew), perhaps from O.N. form of it, a ska. Earlier askoye is attested in the same sense (1430).
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