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askant

ADJECTIVE
askew
Synonyms
STRONGEST
awry off-center
WEAK
askance aslant bent buckled catawampus cockeyed crookedly curved knotted lopsided oblique obliquely slanted slanting to one side topsy-turvey turned twisted yaw ways zigzag
ADJECTIVE
cockeyed
Synonyms
WEAK
absurd askance asymmetrical awry cam canted crazy crooked cross-eyed lopsided ludicrous nonsensical preposterous squint strabismic
Antonyms
WEAK
level straight

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Askance, a-skans′, Askant, a-skant′, adv. sideways: awry: obliquely: with a side glance, or with a side meaning.—v.t.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

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