Askew is used as both an adjective and an adverb to describe things or actions that are a little off, not straight, or at an angle.

Definition of askew adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

ASKEW definition: 1. not straight or level: 2. in or into a position in which something is not straight or level…. Learn more.

Define askew. askew synonyms, askew pronunciation, askew translation, English dictionary definition of askew. adv. & adj. To one side or out of proper alignment; awry: rugs lying askew. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

Something that is askew is not straight or not level with what it should be level with. She stood there, hat askew. There were no shutters at the windows, and some of the doors hung askew.

There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word askew, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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ASKEW definition: to one side; out of line; in a crooked position; awry. See examples of askew used in a sentence.

The meaning of ASKEW is out of line : at an angle. How to use askew in a sentence. Did you know?

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.