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a⋅skew

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

[Probably a-2 + skew.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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