Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Askew \A*skew"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + skew.]
   Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes
   indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry. --Spenser.

Source : WordNet®

askew
     adj : 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" [syn: {awry(p)},
            {cockeyed}, {lopsided}, {wonky}, {skew-whiff}]
     adv : turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his
           necktie twisted awry" [syn: {awry}, {skew-whiff}]