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skewy en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈskuː.i/

Etymology

From skew + -y.

Meanings

  1. Skewed or skewing; tending to skew; showing signs of skewing.
    • ... skewy seams, by the light of a dripping tallow candle. 1869, Mothers' Journal: A Family Magazine, page 414:
    • ... skewy pines and herds of wide-horned bullocks shared that quiet land with plover and corn-crake, water-rats […] 1937, The Sussex County Magazine:
    • ... skewy at the centre; but it was a very good star for all that. 1871, Gail Hamilton, Country Living and Country Thinking, page 355: