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a·skew

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–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

]

—Related forms

a·skew·ness, noun

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adv. & adj.
To one side; awry: rugs lying askew.

[Probably a-² + skew.]

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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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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"
adverb
1.	turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"