The quality or state of being askew; crookedness or the condition of being turned to one side.
From askew (Old Norse á skekkju) + -ness (Old English -ness, meaning state or condition). Creates an abstract noun describing the quality of being sideways or misaligned.
While rare in English, 'askewness' reveals how our language can create nouns for almost any quality—there's something satisfying about having a word for that specific feeling when something just isn't quite right!
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