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