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Adjective [English]

IPA: /əˈskju/, /əˈskjuː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-askew.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-askew.wav
enPR: ə-skyo͞oʹ Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- + skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|á ská||askew, askance}} Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), {{prefix|en|a|skew}} a- + skew, {{cog|is|á ská||diagonally}} Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), {{cog|da|skrå||slanting, oblique}} Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), {{cog|de|Schräge||slope, slant}} German Schräge (“slope, slant”) Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} askew
  1. Turned or twisted to one side. Translations (turned or twisted to one side): (wāi) (Chinese Mandarin), scheef (Dutch), vino (Finnish), de travers (French), de guingois (French), de traviole (French), oblique (French), incliné (French), penché (French), schief (German), verzogen (German), verwunden (German), verbogen (German), quer (German), schräg (German), verrutscht (German), על העוקם (al ha'ókem) (Hebrew), ferde (Hungarian), félrecsúszott (Hungarian), csálé (Hungarian), rézsútos (Hungarian), obliquo (Italian), līmus (Latin), winjsch (Plautdietsch), torto (Portuguese), torcido (Spanish), oblicuo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-askew-en-adj-fkcCkHPR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 5 39 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 41 15 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 60 5 36 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 3 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 65 3 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 62 5 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 58 11 31 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 63 4 32 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 12 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 57 11 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 58 11 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 66 5 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 66 5 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 53 11 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 83 2 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 58 11 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 70 3 27 Disambiguation of 'turned or twisted to one side': 99 1
  2. (figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable. Tags: figuratively Translations (untoward, unfavourable): verquer (German), ungünstig (German)
    Sense id: en-askew-en-adj-JayWb~Ft Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 41 15 45 Disambiguation of 'untoward, unfavourable': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: asymmetric, irregular, oblique, turned, twisted Derived forms: askewness Related terms: skewly
Synonyms: askue, ascue, askoye, a skew, agley [UK, dialectal], akilter, antigoglin [US, dialectal], awry, askew, cattywampus, cockeyed [US], crooked, lopsided, off-kilter [idiomatic], tipsy, skewampus, skew-whiff [Australia, UK], squiffy [UK], whomperjawed [US, dialectal], wry

Adverb [English]

IPA: /əˈskju/, /əˈskjuː/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-askew.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-askew.wav Forms: more askew [comparative], most askew [superlative]
enPR: ə-skyo͞oʹ Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), equivalent to a- + skew. Compare Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), German Schräge (“slope, slant”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|non|á ská||askew, askance}} Old Norse á ská (“askew, askance”), {{prefix|en|a|skew}} a- + skew, {{cog|is|á ská||diagonally}} Icelandic á ská (“diagonally”), {{cog|da|skrå||slanting, oblique}} Danish skrå (“slanting, oblique”), {{cog|de|Schräge||slope, slant}} German Schräge (“slope, slant”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} askew (comparative more askew, superlative most askew)
  1. Tilted to one side. Related terms: skew-whiff Translations (tilted to one side): kallellaan (Finnish), vinossa (Finnish), schief (German), schräg (German), sich neigend (German), ferdén (Hungarian), csálén (Hungarian), rézsútosan (Hungarian) Translations (with disapproval): vinosti (Finnish), kieroon (Finnish), mißbilligend (German), abschätzig (German)
    Sense id: en-askew-en-adv-aY-~wzIW Categories (other): English terms prefixed with a- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with a-: 41 15 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: askue, ascue, askoye, a skew
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tilted to one side",
      "word": "csálén"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "tilted to one side",
      "word": "rézsútosan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "with disapproval",
      "word": "vinosti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "with disapproval",
      "word": "kieroon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with disapproval",
      "word": "mißbilligend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "with disapproval",
      "word": "abschätzig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "askew"
}

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