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Meanings of skew-whiff in English

Turned or twisted toward one side.

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        Examples for "awry"
        1
        In Federer's case, the second set is where things started going awry.
        The Guardian
        2
        Eight months before this crisis, a routine day had gone terribly awry.
        The Guardian
        3
        The lieutenant managed to fight his way through, his hat knocked awry.
        Beyond the Reef
        4
        He sees in time little else; his very sincereness twists him awry.
        Celt and Saxon — Volume 2
        5
        Something about the best-laid plans of mice and men often going awry?
        Don't blink
        1
        This lopsided development matters because India needs to create lots of jobs.
        Reuters
        2
        Such lopsided trades often result in subsequent underperformance, a Reuters analysis found.
        Reuters
        3
        The lopsided, partisan structure has led to mission creep, former officers say.
        Reuters
        4
        Such a scenario could spur lopsided consumer demand in the United States.
        Reuters
        5
        Until then, this tournament is looking awfully lopsided in the first week.
        The Guardian
        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
        1
        All of them are wonky, broken; all of them are purely perfect.
        The Guardian
        2
        The wonky house was my first proper entrée into Russian domestic life.
        The Guardian
        3
        Your computer's Wi-Fi being wonky after an OS update has isolated effects.
        Wired
        4
        Thus, to appreciate wonky-ugly proves that you have a rarefied fashion eye.
        The Guardian
        5
        He had a wonky eye and he didn't speak English very well.
        The Guardian
        1
        His ex-wife espoused a cockeyed fiscal philosophy that made very expensive sense.
        Getting in: a novel
        2
        His cockeyed version of the Story of our Country for one thing.
        Further adventures
        3
        In the end he left the post standing cockeyed in the stream.
        The story of edgar sawtelle
        4
        We'll put it this way, to start: Something cockeyed is going on.
        Highways in Hiding
        5
        Graphic: China's GDP: slower and more slippery Real growth rates are similarly cockeyed.
        Reuters
        Usage of skew-whiff in English
        1
        Mr Kusher warned that since the financial crisis "things are skew-whiff".
        News.com.au
        2
        This story is definitely true, it's just the details that might be a little skew-whiff.
        The Irish Times