As adjectives the difference between askew and aslope
is that askew is turned or twisted to one side while aslope is slanted or sloping.
As adverbs the difference between askew and aslope
is that askew is tilted to one side while aslope is slanted or sloping.
askew
English
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Adjective
(head)
Turned or twisted to one side.
(figuratively) Untoward, unfavourable.
Adverb
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en adverb)
tilted to one side.
- He wore his hat askew
with disapproval
- to look askew
Related terms
* skew-whiff
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aslope
English
Adjective
(
en adjective)
slanted or sloping
*1911 , Chesterton, The Innocence of Father Brown ,
*:Far as the eye could see, farther and farther as they mounted the slope, were seas beyond seas of pines, now all aslope one way under the wind.
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