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Textual thesaurus for "skew-whiff"

(adj) wonky, cockeyed, lopsided, askew, awry

turned or twisted toward one side

a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry- G.K.Chesterton; his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff


(adv) askew, awry

turned or twisted to one side

rugs lying askew; with his necktie twisted awry