All 4 Uses
askew
in
The Island of Dr. Moreau
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- He looked me squarely in the eyes, and twisted his mouth askew.†
Chpt 10askew = not straight; or not right
- His roving eye caught the position of my arm and he smiled askew.†
Chpt 15
- He stood staring, with his face white and his lip pulled askew.†
Chpt 16
- He had long since lost speech and active movement, and the lank hair of the little brute grew thicker every day and his stumpy claws more askew.†
Chpt 21 *
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) 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.