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skew-whiff

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiffadverb

    turned or twisted toward one side

    "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

  2. askew, awry, skew-whiffadverb

    turned or twisted to one side

    "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"

Wiktionary

  1. skew-whiffadjective

    askew; lopsided, not straight

    I hung up that picture, but it looks skew-whiff to me

  2. Etymology: Probably from askew

ChatGPT

  1. skew-whiff

    "Skew-whiff" is a term primarily used in British English, referring to something that is not straight, askew, or out of alignment. It can also be used more generally to describe a situation or thing that is not quite right or abnormal in some way.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of skew-whiff in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of skew-whiff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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