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a·skew    Audio Help   [uh-skyoo] Pronunciation Key
–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
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a·skew    Audio Help   (ə-skyōō')  Pronunciation Key 
adv.   & adj.
To one side; awry: rugs lying askew.


[Probably a-2 + skew.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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" 

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Askew, MS Zip code(s): 38621

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Askew

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