skew-whiff
skew-whiff · more skew-whiff · most skew-whiff
Askew; lopsided, not straightAskew; lopsided, not straight.
/ˈskjuː.(w)ɪf/
Meaning
1 senses(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial)Askew; lopsided, not straight.
I hung up that picture, but it looks skew-whiff to me.
More definitions
- turned or twisted toward one side
Origin
From skew + weft.From skew + weft.
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Forms
more skew-whiff, most skew-whiff| Comparative | more skew-whiff Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most skew-whiff Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsRelatedsquiffy
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.