摘要: Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 4, 2022 is: askew • \uh-SKYOO\ • ad...
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for March 4, 2022 is:
askew • \uh-SKYOO\ • adjective
Askew means "out of line" or "not straight."
// Sam noticed the picture hanging on the wall was askew so she straightened it.
Examples:
"Papers were askew, someone had helped themselves to a snack in the kitchen and the suspect's prints were discovered in the fireplace. Worse yet, the culprit, a squirrel, was still in the house." — CBC News (Canada), 22 Aug. 2020
Did you know?
Askew was formed simply by attaching the prefix a- (meaning "in [such] a state or condition") to skew. The latter comes from Anglo-French eschiver, meaning "to escape or avoid."
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