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List of meaning for askew

tilted to one side; in a crooked position

askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff(adverb)

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"

askew, awry, skew-whiff(adverb)

turned or twisted to one side

"rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"

inclined or twisted to one side

his hat was askew because of the wind

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