Her office is velvet, chintz and very mauve; nary a pillow is askew.
Upon re-entering the room, I instinctively adjusted a picture on the wall, a floral painting which was slightly askew.
To invent, you must think aside -- that is, slightly askew.
If they're taking the time to write about it, then hopefully they will take the time to consider how their view is askew.
Hill's stories are beautiful, terrible, realistic and askew—sometimes simultaneously.
The dispute arose from an incident in 1997, when an employee straightened a mirror knocked askew by a slamming door.
Floors and windows are sharply askew.
And given the way my life often goes, the tiara would be askew.
Go too fast while turning and the car still gets a little askew.
His tie is askew, more nuisance noose than sartorial accouterment.
British Dictionary definitions for askew
askew
/əˈskjuː/
adverb, adjective
1.
at an oblique angle; towards one side; awry
Word Origin and History for askew
adv.
1570s, of uncertain etymology; perhaps literally "on skew" (see skew), or from the Old Norse form, a ska. Earlier askoye is attested in the same sense (early 15c.).