† a-ˈskie, adv. Obs.
[? f. a prep.1 + skey, variant of shey, shy: ‘schey or skey as horse’ (Promp. Parv.): cf. also skeigh and askoye.]
? Shyly; off at a tangent like a shying horse.
| 1393 Gower Conf. II. 50 All sodeinly She passeth as it were a skie All clene out of this ladies sight. |