Slightly Askew Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "OFF" which means:

adjective
• • Not in operation or operational
• • (of events) no longer planned or scheduled
adverb
• • From a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
• • At a distance in space or time
• • No longer on or in contact or attached
adjective satellite
• • Below a satisfactory level
• • In an unpalatable state
• • Not performing or scheduled for duties
verb
• • Kill intentionally and with premeditation
noun
• • (usually in phrases such as 'from the off', 'at the off', etc.) beginning; starting point.
preposition
• • Not positioned upon; away from a position upon.
• • Detached, separated, excluded or disconnected from; away from a position of attachment or connection to.
• • Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.
• • Used to express location at sea relative to land or mainland.
• • Removed or subtracted from.
• • No longer wanting or taking.
• • (more properly 'from') out of the possession of.
• • Placed after a number (of products or parts, as if a unit), in commerce or engineering.

An example sentence would be:

• • "Please turn off the lights before leaving."
• • "She brushed off my suggestion and continued with her plan."

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