Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a crooked, bent, or perverse manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
crooked manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a crooked lopsided manner
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Examples
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A Coca-Cola sign hangs crookedly from a supporting pole.
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A Coca-Cola sign hangs crookedly from a supporting pole.
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The cornices project crookedly from the houses, while the great gables stand merely by force of cohesion.
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The cornices project crookedly from the houses, while the great gables stand merely by force of cohesion.
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The cornices project crookedly from the houses, while the great gables stand merely by force of cohesion.
The Sudden Curve: 2004
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Black plastic glasses jammed crookedly across his nose, black watch cap mashed down over his bald pink pate, muffled in layers of ragged sweaters and jackets like a woolly snowman.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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Mimeographed on cheap shiny paper and stapled together crookedly, they were barely more than the idea of a book, stripped down to the barest element of thoughts moving on paper.
Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011
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"But when he tried to move it right-to-left, he started driving more crookedly than we had seen in the past."
Brave Kaymer Goes for Change Richard Gillis 2011
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I remember my mom cussing and batting at the sun visor in her car, which flopped down crookedly.
Projects You Shouldn’t Try To DIY | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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The red lettered sign, taped crookedly to the glass of the box office, said SOLD OUT.
The Magician Andrew Stancek 2011
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