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askew
/əskˈju/
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What does askew mean?
adjective
- Turned or twisted to one side.
- (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.
adverb
- Tilted to one side.
More meanings (1)
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/əskˈju/
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She was sitting with her face drawn in a hundred cross lines and all askew with her anger.
It looked very forlorn sitting askew in its forks, with a pair of worn-out finnesko hanging over it.
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But Marilla could not rid herself of the notion that something in her scheme of punishment was going askew.
But made a trail all bent askew, A crooked trail, as all calves do.
There in the flickering light of the lamp was the machine sure enough, squat, ugly, and askew, a thing of brass, ebony, ivory, and translucent glimmering quartz.