askew vs catty-corner

askew

adj

  • Turned or twisted to one side. 

  • Untoward, unfavourable. 

adv

  • Tilted to one side. 

catty-corner

adj

  • Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from one another. 

adv

  • Synonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from. 

How often have the words askew and catty-corner occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )