ASKEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does askew mean? 

• ASKEW (adjective)
  The adjective ASKEW has 1 sense:

1. turned or twisted toward one side

  Familiarity information: ASKEW used as an adjective is very rare.

• ASKEW (adverb)
  The adverb ASKEW has 1 sense:

1. turned or twisted to one side

  Familiarity information: ASKEW used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASKEW (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turned or twisted toward one side

Synonyms:

askew; awry; cockeyed; lopsided; skew-whiff; wonky

Context example:

his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff

Similar:

crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)

• ASKEW (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Turned or twisted to one side

Synonyms:

askew; awry; skew-whiff

Context example:

with his necktie twisted awry

 Context examples 

"What worries you dear? Has anything dreadful happened?" asked the anxious John, tenderly kissing the crown of the little cap, which was all askew.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

If this expressive article of dress was drawn low upon the forehead, it was a sign that hard work was going on, in exciting moments it was pushed rakishly askew, and when despair seized the author it was plucked wholly off, and cast upon the floor.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)