Askew

[A*skew·]

Although it sounds like a sneeze, the word askew means lopsided or turned and tilted to the side. Like your glasses might be after, well, a sneeze.

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Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.

Adjective S.
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"

Adverb
turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"

adv. & a.
Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.

Askew

A*skew", adv. & a. [Pref. a- + skew.] Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Spenser.

Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry.

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Usage Examples

I don't think immortality is necessarily the key to understanding the world. You have to be careful with what you think you're achieving. I'm all for science discovering amazing and fantastic things about our world, but I think the motivations behind it are slightly askew.

Misspelled Form

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