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skewly

skewly adverb: askew.

Adverb

skewly (not comparable)

  1. (rare) askew
    • We show that this risk generates an almost fully connected network of interdependence among these players, however it is skewly distributed, i.e., most of the counterparty risk is concentrated in only 10 mayor institutions.2015 September 4, “The Network of Counterparty Risk: Analysing Correlations in OTC Derivatives”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    antigodlin, askew, over-thwartly, sideling, skew

Synonyms of skewly

Origin of skewly

From skew + -ly.

Questions about skewly

What does skewly mean?
Skewly means askew.
What part of speech is skewly?
Skewly is an adverb.

Words near skewly in the dictionary

  1. skewfields
  2. skewiff
  3. skewing
  4. skewings
  5. skewjawed
  6. skewly
  7. skewness
  8. skewnesses
  9. skewon
  10. skewons
  11. skewquieff

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