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5 words match “ASKEW”

ASKEW adv.
Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. Spenser.
AGLEY adv.
Aside; askew. [Scotch] Burns.
OBLIQUE a.
h whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and whose intrados is in consequence askew. -- Oblique bridge, a skew bridge. See under Bridge, n. -- Oblique case (Gram.), any case except the nominative. See Case, n. -- Oblique circle (Projection), a circle whose plane is oblique to the axis of the primitive pl…
SIDELING adv.
Sidelong; on the side; laterally; also, obliquely; askew. A fellow nailed up maps . . . some sideling, and others upside down. Swift.
SKEW adv.
Awry; obliquely; askew.