askew

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The head was a trifle askew, and nearer to the side of the wall than the foot.

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  1. adverb To one side; awry: rugs lying askew.

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  • This is due to the inscriber having held his stylus somewhat askew, as we do a pen in ordinary writing. —  James Nasmyth: Engineer, An Autobiography.
  • Smoothes one eyebrow with his fingertip, and arranges a strand of hair so it is more fetchingly askew--then leans in, closer. —  FSF, July 2006
  • A great battleship turned slightly askew, and they got a glimpse of its length. —  Astounding Stories January, 1935
  • Something about it seemed askew, and then he realized what it was. —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 04 - April 2003
  • Walls are askew, their wooden siding bowed, splintered, or blown out completely. —  FSF,October2007
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  1. Probably a-2 + skew.

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  1. Early modern English also askue, ascue, a skew; apparently from a + skew, q. v. Cf. equivalent Icelandic ᾱ skᾱ.
 

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