Skew-whiff

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  skew-whiff
       adj : 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}]
       adv : turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his


             necktie twisted awry" [syn: {askew}, {awry}]