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Lopsided   /lˈɑpsˈaɪdɪd/   Listen
Lopsided

adjective
1.
Having one side lower or smaller or lighter than the other.
2.
Turned or twisted toward one side.  Synonyms: askew, awry, cockeyed, skew-whiff, wonky.  "His wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"



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"Lopsided" Quotes from Famous Books



... this time in its full lopsided monstrosity, and turned to Dick, clutching him and hiding her eyes against ...
— Ambrotox and Limping Dick • Oliver Fleming
... have no windows, merely a huge, gaping doorway. The weather was very close and many of the inhabitants and the children generally, were bare legged and well bronzed. The women's dress was very peculiar, all being in jet black with a strange lopsided head-dress. The edge has a stiff hoop and projects well ...
— The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" • George Davidson
... and brought out two pipes, and the children played together very happily for quite a time. Sometimes they threw the bubbles into the air and tried to blow them up to the ceiling; sometimes the children put their pipes close together, so that the bubbles they blew were joined in one lopsided globe. ...
— The Counterpane Fairy • Katharine Pyle


Words linked to "Lopsided" :   asymmetrical, asymmetric, crooked


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