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askew (adverb or adjective):

: out of line : at an angle

Source : Merriam -Webster

Etymology : 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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