Skewing

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of making something skewed; an alteration in a particular direction.

    "unfair skewings of the evidence"

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of skew form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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skewedaberrancyaberrationageeagee-jawedangle

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"In a sans-serif font, skewing a word or phrase can create the appearance of italics, even when a real italic font is not available. The technique is less successful with serif fonts because the design of the roman letter "a" or "g", for example, usually differs from its italic version."

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