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- to one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry: to wear one’s hat askew; to hang a picture askew.
- with disapproval, scorn, contempt, etc.; disdainfully: They looked askew at the painting.
adjective
- crooked; awry: Your clothes are all askew.
adverb, adjective
- at an oblique angle; towards one side; awry
1570s, of uncertain etymology; perhaps literally “on skew” (see skew), or from the Old Norse form, a ska. Earlier askoye is attested in the same sense (early 15c.).