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Definition

not straight (not in proper alignment)

or:

(when used figuratively) not right, or not as planned

askew = not straight (not in proper alignment)

askew = not right

askew = crooked

askew = twisted to the side (not in proper alignment)

askew = crooked (not in proper alignment)

But Marilla could not rid herself of the notion that something in her scheme of punishment was going askew.
Lucy Maud Montgomery -- Anne Of Green Gables

askew = not right, or not as planned

[T]he twins forced the sweater over his head, knocking his glasses askew.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

askew = [so they were] not on straight

Dodge flung out his fists and knocked Jack to the floor, left him splayed there with his wig askew, looking not at all like a person of high rank.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

askew = not on straight

Suddenly the three of them were there, Mrs Whatsit with her pink stole askew; Mrs Who with her spectacles gleaming; and Mrs Which still little more than a shimmer.
Madeleine L'Engle -- A Wrinkle in Time

askew = not straight (not in proper alignment)

With frowsy hair, skirts askew and red hands, she talked loud while washing the floor with great swishes of water.
Guy de Maupassant -- The Diamond Necklace

askew = not straight

Harry was just helping himself to a baked potato when Professor Quirrell came sprinting into the hall, his turban askew and terror on his face.
J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

askew = not on straight

It was as she came to this determination that Jack of Diamonds, running along a heart-shaped passage toward the gardens, suddenly found himself lifted off his feet, his wig again knocked askew.
Frank Beddor -- The Looking Glass Wars

askew = not on straight

The framed print of Bernini's Ecstasy of St. Teresa looked slightly askew.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
Mom's cheery yellow sweater lies askew along the stitches on her throat and shoulder.
Susan Ee -- Angelfall
In the evening the murky shape of another coastal city, the cluster of tall buildings vaguely askew.
Cormac McCarthy -- The Road
I'm not going askew from the principles on which the United States was built; I'm right there with our founding fathers.
Phil Robertson -- Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
A canopy, which had been carried on four poles over somebody or something, was sinking with the poles askew, like a liner foundering in Atlantic.
T. H. White -- The Once and Future King
The boss slashed impotently at newspapers, printed blurry slips and pasted items askew.
Betty Smith -- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
'Oho!' said Ralph, eyeing him askew.
Charles Dickens -- Nicholas Nickleby
On her head a circlet of hammered bronze sat askew, graven with runes and ringed with small black swords.
George R.R. Martin -- A Feast For Crows

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