schief
Pronunciation: /ʃiːf/
“schief” is a German word. Its 12 meanings in English:
adjective
- skew, oblique, askew, leaning, slanting, aslant, inclined (neither parallel nor perpendicular)
- slopy, sloping (characterised by a slope or slopes)
- crooked, awry (set at an angle; not vertical or square)
- lopsided (not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other)
- wry (turned away, contorted)
- distorted (misshapen; brought out of shape)
- worn (damaged and shabby as a result of much use)
- inappropriate (not suitable for the situation, time, or place)
adverb
Etymology
From northern Middle High German schief, schīf (etc.), from Middle Low German schêf, from Old Saxon *skêf, from Proto-West Germanic *skaib, from Proto-Germanic *skaibaz. Regular High German cognates exist only in north-western Central German; compare Central Franconian scheif, northernmost Luxembourgish scheef. Otherwise it was borrowed from Low German into the colonial dialects, i.e. East…
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