Both Uses of
askew
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- But Marilla could not rid herself of the notion that something in her scheme of punishment was going askew.†
Chpt 10 *
- Mr. Phillips's brief reforming energy was over; he didn't want the bother of punishing a dozen pupils; but it was necessary to do something to save his word, so he looked about for a scapegoat and found it in Anne, who had dropped into her seat, gasping for breath, with a forgotten lily wreath hanging askew over one ear and giving her a particularly rakish and disheveled appearance.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(askew) not straight (not in proper alignment)
or:
(when used figuratively) not right, or not as planned