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  • 111cockeyed — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cross eyed, strabismic; slang, drunk (see drinking), twisted. See vision, distortion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Tilted] Syn. crooked, awry, askew, twisted; see crooked 1 , oblique 1 . 2. [Foolish]… …

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  • 112wry — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. crooked, twisted; askew, awry; ironic, distorted, contorted; warped. See distortion, obliquity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Twisted] Syn. distorted, askew, cockeyed, crooked; see twisted 1 . 2.… …

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  • 113oblique — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Slanting] Syn. inclined, inclining, diverging, leaning, sloping, angled, diagonal, cater cornered, kitty cornered, unperpendicular, unvertical, skew, askew, asymmetrical, turned, twisted, awry, strained, askance,… …

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  • 114Evil — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Evil >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 evil evil ill harm hurt GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 mischief mischief nuisance Sgm: N 2 machinations of the devil machinations of the devil Pandora s box ills that …

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  • 115wry — (adj.) 1520s, distorted, somewhat twisted, from obsolete verb wry to contort, to twist or turn, from O.E. wrigian to turn, bend, move, go, from P.Gmc. *wrig (Cf. O.Fris. wrigia to bend, M.L.G. wrich turned, twisted ), from PIE *wreik to turn (Cf …

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  • 116amiss — adv 1. wrong, awry, astray, off, off the mark; improperly, wrongly, erroneously, falsely, fallaciously, mistakenly, incorrectly; inaccurately, inexactly, imprecisely, imperfectly, faultily; unsatisfactorily, poorly, badly, ill; inopportunely,… …

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  • 117askew — adv 1. awry, sideways, to one side, crookedly, out of line. 2. disapprovingly, unapprovingly, askance; disdainfully, scornfully, contemptuously, derisively. adj 3. crooked, awry, Sl. cock eyed …

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  • 118askew — a•skew [[t]əˈskyu[/t]] adv. 1) to one side; crookedly; awry 2) askance 3) crooked; awry • Etymology: 1565–75 a•skew′ness, n …

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  • 119μυλλούς — μυλλός awry masc acc pl μυλλός awry masc acc pl …

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  • 120μυλλός — awry masc nom sg μυλλός awry masc nom sg …

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