1. [adv]  turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
2. [adj]  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"

SKEW-WHIFF is a 10 letter word that starts with S.