wonky

Definition

Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.

Etymology

From English dialectal wanky, alteration of Middle English wankel (“unstable, shaky”), from Old English wancol (“unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wankul (“swaying, shaky, unstable”).

Example Sentences

• "Who's this gimp with a wonky eye / I don't know but his lips are dry"
• "It seemed likely that he would need First Aid when those wonky steps yielded, at length, to the well-known law of gravitation."