Lexicographical Neighbors of Askewness
Literary usage of Askewness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1893)
"... of statement and lack of racial bias or theoretic askewness. The author, and
his researches entitle his opinion to the greatest respect, ..."
2. The Story of Cuba: Her Struggles for Liberty: The Cause, Crisis and Destiny by Murat Halstead (1897)
"I finally went over and corrected the askewness of the eyes of the face of a man
which some poor devil had drawn, but that was when I had reached the point ..."
3. The Cruise of the "Falcon": A Voyage to South America in a 30-ton Yacht by Edward Frederick Knight (1884)
"Afar off we saw them approaching, so we tried to look our best, shook the dust
off our ponchos, gave our sombreros a gay, cavalier-like askewness, ..."
4. The Hyphen by Margaret Blake, E.P. Dutton (Firm), Lida Clara Schem (1920)
"He wanted to be magnanimous, and he blamed himself alone for this feeling of
askewness. He had, of course, been frightfully startled and stunned by the ..."
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