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Definition
not straight (not in proper alignment)
or:
(when used figuratively) not right, or not as planned
or:
(when used figuratively) not right, or not as planned
- But when the web is pulled askew, hooked up at the edge, torn in the middle, one remembers that these webs are not spun in mid-air by incorporeal creatures, but are the work of suffering human beings, and are attached to grossly material things, like health and money and the houses we live in.3 (4% in)
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