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skew whiff

skew whiff is the alternative spelling of skew-whiff.

Meaning of skew-whiff

Adjective

skew-whiff (comparative more skew-whiff, superlative most skew-whiff)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial) Askew; lopsided, not straight.
    • I hung up that picture, but it looks skew-whiff to me.
    Synonyms:
    awry, agee

Forms of skew whiff

comparativemore skew whiff
superlativemost skew whiff

Questions about skew whiff

What is skew whiff the alternative spelling of?
Skew whiff is the alternative spelling of skew-whiff.

Words near skew whiff in the dictionary

  1. skew surfaces
  2. skew symmetric
  3. skew symmetry
  4. skew wheel
  5. skew wheels
  6. skew whiff
  7. skew whift
  8. skew wiff
  9. skew wift
  10. skew-gee
  11. skew-hermitian

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