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Meaning of askew

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  askew
      adv 1: turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with
             his necktie twisted awry" [syn: {askew}, {awry}, {skew-
             whiff}]
      adj 1: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a
             gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig
             was, as the British say, skew-whiff" [syn: {askew},
             {awry(p)}, {cockeyed}, {lopsided}, {wonky}, {skew-whiff}]


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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