askew

Meanings

Adjective

Turned or twisted to one side.
Untoward, unfavourable.

Adverb

Tilted to one side.

Origin

From Old Norse á ská ("askew, askance"), equivalent to a- + skew. Compare Icelandic á ská ("diagonally"), Danish skrå ("slanting, oblique"), German Schräge ("slope, slant").

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