askew
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- + skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: ə-skyo͞oʹ, IPA(key): /əˈskju/
- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈskjuː/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Adjective[edit]
askew
- Turned or twisted to one side.
- 1862, John Williamson Palmer, Stonewall Jackson's Way :
- Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of "Stonewall Jackson’s Way."
We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o'er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.
- Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of "Stonewall Jackson’s Way."
- (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.
Translations[edit]
turned or twisted to one side
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Adverb[edit]
askew (comparative more askew, superlative most askew)
- Tilted to one side.
- He wore his hat askew
Translations[edit]
tilted to one side
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with disapproval
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