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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. turned or twisted toward one side;
- Example: "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton
- Example: "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
[syn: askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff]


ADVERB (1)

1. turned or twisted to one side;
- Example: "rugs lying askew"
- Example: "with his necktie twisted awry"
[syn: askew, awry, skew-whiff]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

skew-whiff
    adv 1: turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with
           his necktie twisted awry" [syn: askew, awry, skew-
           whiff]
    adj 1: 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" [syn: askew,
           awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff]