adjective
- Turned or twisted toward one side.
- usage: "a... Youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry- G. K. Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
- synonyms: awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff
adverb
- Turned or twisted to one side.
- usage: "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
- synonyms: awry, skew-whiff
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