The Only Use of
askew
in
Black: The Birth of Evil
Uses with a meaning too rare to warrant foucs:
- It was, in fact, the only sign that there was anything at all askew.†
Chpt 32
Definitions:
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(1)
(askew) not straight (not in proper alignment)
or:
(when used figuratively) not right, or not as planned -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, askew is used in the idiom, looked at me askew. It means looked at in a puzzled manner. You could think of it as someone tilting their head to see the person from a different angle.
Rarely, Askew can also refer to someone's first name.