1. having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other • Similar to: asymmetrical, asymmetric 2. 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, cockeyed, wonky, skew-whiff • Similar to: crooked • Derivationally related forms: lopsidedness