WordDisk
  • Reading
    • Shortcuts
      •   Home
      •   All Articles
      •   Read from Another Site
      Sources
      • Wikipedia
      • Simple Wikipedia
      • VOA Learning English
      • Futurity
      • The Conversation
      • MIT News
      • Harvard Gazette
      • Cambridge News
      • YDS/YÖKDİL Passages
      Topics
      • Technology
      • Engineering
      • Business
      • Economics
      • Human
      • Health
      • Energy
      • Biology
      • Nature
      • Space
  •  Log in
  •  Sign up
2.69
History
Add

askew adjective [ əˈskjuː ]

• not in a straight or level position.
• "her hat was slightly askew"
Similar: crooked, lopsided, tilted, angled, oblique, skew, skewed, slanted, aslant, awry, uneven, asymmetrical, unsymmetrical, squint, thrawn, cock-eyed, skew-whiff, wonky, squiffy,
Opposite: straight, symmetrical,
Origin: mid 16th century: from a-2 ‘on’ + skew.


2025 WordDisk