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askew

ә'skju:6 senses · 225 ms
Level C1GRE
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adj/əˈskju//əˈskjuː//əˈskjʉw/
  1. 1

    Turned or twisted to one side.

    • Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of "Stonewall Jackson’s Way." We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o'er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat
  2. 2

    Untoward, unfavourable.figuratively

syn. agley · akilter · antigoglin · awry · askew · cattywampus · cockeyed · crooked · lopsided · off-kilter · tipsy · skewampus

ant. straight · true

adv/əˈskju//əˈskjuː//əˈskjʉw/
  1. 1

    Tilted to one side.

    • He wore his hat askew

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