Synonyms: crooked, slanting
Askew Sentence: Even after many hours spent on the job, the picture hung by Uncle Podger was askew.
Under The Lens: Askew and Skew
As a verb skew means to take an oblique course. But as an adjective skew also means slanted; just like askew. So if by chance you don’t pronounce the ‘a’ of askew, don’t worry, you have still said the same thing.
