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Askew
//əˈskju// adj, adv, name
Definitions
Adjective
- 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, so calm, so blunt, so true."
- 2 Untoward, unfavourable. figuratively
Adjective
- 1 turned or twisted toward one side wordnet
Adverb
- 1 Tilted to one side.
"He wore his hat askew"
Adverb
- 1 turned or twisted to one side wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- + skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”).
Etymology 2
From Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- + skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”).
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