Hypertext Webster Gateway: "askew"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Askew \A*skew"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + skew.]
Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes
indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. --Spenser.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
askew
adj : turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a
gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton [syn: {awry(p)},
{cockeyed}, {lopsided}, {wonky}]
adv : turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his
necktie twisted awry" [syn: {awry}]
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