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skew whift

skew whift 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 whift

comparativemore skew whift
superlativemost skew whift

Questions about skew whift

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

Words near skew whift in the dictionary

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

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