Bent to one side; twisted obliquely.

Crooked, twisted, bent from the straight. Hence modern dialect. Perverse, obstinate, ‘cross’.

Askew, awry, crooked; that is in a confused or mixed-up state.

Oblique, slanted, set at an angle. In later use: twisted, crooked, awry.

Askew, awry (literal and figurative).

Oblique; awry; off the straight.

Fierce, unsparing, destructive. Also, askew, awry. (A high-sounding word with no very definite meaning.)

Askew, awry, crooked; in a mixed-up, confused state.

Askew, crooked; not level, aslant; awry; = cockeyed, adj. 3b.

Having only one good eye; squint-eyed, cross-eyed. Also figurative oblique, crooked, one-sided.

Somewhat askew, awry, or twisted.

figurative. Askew, crooked; not level, aslant; awry. Cf. cockeye, adj. 1.

Askew, skew-whiff.

Crooked, bent, or askew; that is in disorder, awry.