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skewy

/ˈskuː.i/

adjective

Skewed or skewing; tending to skew; showing signs of skewing.

Scrabble 15

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Meanings

adjective

Skewed or skewing; tending to skew; showing signs of skewing.
... skewy seams, by the light of a dripping tallow candle.
1869, Mothers' Journal: A Family Magazine, page 414
2 more examples
... skewy at the centre; but it was a very good star for all that.
1871, Gail Hamilton, Country Living and Country Thinking, page 355
... skewy pines and herds of wide-horned bullocks shared that quiet land with plover and corn-crake, water-rats […]
1937, The Sussex County Magazine

Origin

From skew + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with skewy

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APA

skewy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skewy

MLA

“skewy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skewy. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “skewy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/skewy.

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