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