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askew
[uh-skyoo]
adverb
to one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry.
to wear one's hat askew;
to hang a picture askew.
with disapproval, scorn, contempt, etc.; disdainfully.
They looked askew at the painting.
askew
/ əˈː /
adverb
at an oblique angle; towards one side; awry
Other Word Forms
- askewness noun
Example Sentences
His face is a bit more fluid, untraceable, tucked into itself, echoed by the arm he holds across his body, drawing his striped tie askew.
In Berlin, he observes that “the edges of the houses seemed askew,” while “the street down below rolled away very straight into an endless distance,” evoking “how films had looked fifteen years earlier.”
And while Dylan often feels like an apt comparison for Lynch’s solo work—particularly how the electronic music experiments cloak his askew worldview and unorthodox vocals—he had a different intention with the cover.
Roof shingles were peeled off and garage doors were knocked askew.
Lane — the eldest member of the core group and its most magnetic — found writing in the midst of tour, in a familiar yet askew routine, to be a particular challenge.
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When To Use
The spelling of askew shouldn’t be confused with the somewhat similar sounding word eschew. How to spell askew: Think of askew as a combination of the adjective-forming prefix a- and the verb skew (adjectives like asleep and ablaze are formed in the same way). Or pretend that someone asks you if a picture frame is askew, and that you respond really rudely: “Do you even have to ask? Ew.”
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