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Meanings of askew in English

Turned or twisted toward one side.

Related terms

In an oblique manner.

Usage of askew in English
1
She knew that from this point on reality would be slightly askew.
Legends of the dragonrealm, vol ii
2
Now, something has knocked askew the calibrations developed over thousands of years.
Idiot america: how stupidity became a virtue in the land of the ...
3
He knotted his tie hurriedly, askew; and gathered the ends once more.
The Three Black Pennys: A Novel
4
The iron rudely caressed my body; flailing limbs knocked my glasses askew.
Climbing Magazine
5
Her glasses were still askew, Jessaline saw with a rush of fondness.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
6
At the top she found a plank of wood, already partially askew.
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
7
The bones would knit askew, and she'd never use these fingers again.
The irish warrior
8
Mo looks the way I feel: hair askew, clothes slept-in, eyes haunted.
The Atrocity Archives
9
Late night, suit crumpled, tie askew, one guy speaks from my backseat.
Wired
10
Paintings hung askew and a record collection lay shattered on the floor.
Firewall
11
As the planet's chemistry and equilibrium were knocked askew, the oceans seethed.
The wave: in pursuit of the rogues, freaks and giants of the oce...
12
Pictures hung askew, and there was a small cobweb around the lampshade.
One of our Thursdays is missing
13
Slivers of wood stuck out from the door frame-theknob hung askew.
Dead air
14
Well, then I'd like to suggest that your hat is rampantly askew.
The Brentons
15
Fallion peered at her, and the world seemed to somehow tilt askew.
Sons of the Oak
16
Bonnie Albright ran by, her red wig more than a little askew.
Goodbye dolly
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