askew

adj, adv — 3 senses

askew

adj

UK /əˈskjuː/ · /əˈskju/

Etymology From a- + skew.

1

Turned or twisted to one side.

Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of "Stonewall Jackson’s Way." We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o'er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way

2

Figuratively Untoward, unfavourable.

Synonyms: agley, akilter, antigoglin, awry, askew, cattywampus, cockeyed, crooked, lopsided, off-kilter, tipsy, skewampus, skew-whiff, squiffy, whomperjawed, wry
Antonyms: straight, true
Derived terms: askewness
Related terms: skewly
Hypernyms: asymmetric, irregular, oblique, turned, twisted

askew

adv

Etymology From a- + skew.

1

Tilted to one side.

He wore his hat askew

Related terms: skew-whiff

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