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Turned or twisted toward one side.
awry
lopsided
wonky
cockeyed
skew-whiff
crooked
In an oblique manner.
obliquely
awry
lopsided
wonky
cockeyed
skew-whiff
1
In Federer's case, the second set is where things started going
awry
.
2
Eight months before this crisis, a routine day had gone terribly
awry
.
3
The lieutenant managed to fight his way through, his hat knocked
awry
.
4
He sees in time little else; his very sincereness twists him
awry
.
5
Something about the best-laid plans of mice and men often going
awry
?
1
This
lopsided
development matters because India needs to create lots of jobs.
2
Such
lopsided
trades often result in subsequent underperformance, a Reuters analysis found.
3
The
lopsided
,
partisan structure has led to mission creep, former officers say.
4
Such a scenario could spur
lopsided
consumer demand in the United States.
5
Until then, this tournament is looking awfully
lopsided
in the first week.
1
All of them are
wonky
,
broken; all of them are purely perfect.
2
The
wonky
house was my first proper entrée into Russian domestic life.
3
Your computer's Wi-Fi being
wonky
after an OS update has isolated effects.
4
Thus, to appreciate
wonky
-
ugly
proves that you have a rarefied fashion eye.
5
He had a
wonky
eye and he didn't speak English very well.
1
His ex-wife espoused a
cockeyed
fiscal philosophy that made very expensive sense.
2
His
cockeyed
version of the Story of our Country for one thing.
3
In the end he left the post standing
cockeyed
in the stream.
4
We'll put it this way, to start: Something
cockeyed
is going on.
5
Graphic: China's GDP: slower and more slippery Real growth rates are similarly
cockeyed
.
1
Mr Kusher warned that since the financial crisis "things are skew-whiff".
2
This story is definitely true, it's just the details that might be a little
skew
-
whiff
.
1
She knew that from this point on reality would be slightly
askew
.
2
Now, something has knocked
askew
the calibrations developed over thousands of years.
3
He knotted his tie hurriedly,
askew
;
and gathered the ends once more.
4
The iron rudely caressed my body; flailing limbs knocked my glasses
askew
.
5
Her glasses were still
askew
,
Jessaline saw with a rush of fondness.
6
At the top she found a plank of wood, already partially
askew
.
7
The bones would knit
askew
,
and she'd never use these fingers again.
8
Mo looks the way I feel: hair
askew
,
clothes slept-in, eyes haunted.
9
Late night, suit crumpled, tie
askew
,
one guy speaks from my backseat.
10
Paintings hung
askew
and a record collection lay shattered on the floor.
11
As the planet's chemistry and equilibrium were knocked
askew
,
the oceans seethed.
12
Pictures hung
askew
,
and there was a small cobweb around the lampshade.
13
Slivers of wood stuck out from the door frame-theknob hung
askew
.
14
Well, then I'd like to suggest that your hat is rampantly
askew
.
15
Fallion peered at her, and the world seemed to somehow tilt
askew
.
16
Bonnie Albright ran by, her red wig more than a little
askew
.
askew
slightly askew
all askew
hang askew
knock askew
sit askew