askew

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English skew English askew From a- + skew.

1. Turned or twisted to one side.

   “Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of "Stonewall Jackson’s Way." We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o'er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true.”

2. Untoward, unfavourable.

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English a- English skew English askew From a- + skew.

1. Tilted to one side.

   “He wore his hat askew”

name

1. A surname.