crooked
adjective
not straight; bending; curved.
crookedly
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a word derived from
crooked.
Example Sentences
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I overreacted to small mishaps, such as loading our boat onto the trailer crookedly and accidentally breaking my lizard-catching pole.
From Nature ● May 21, 2020
On any given day, approximately 37.5 percent of the cars parked in the De Anza parking garage are parked crookedly.
From Textbooks ● Mar. 27, 2020
Steps look as if they have been crookedly cut on site to fit, while handrails crash into parts of the steel structure as if no one thought about how the two parts might meet.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 9, 2019
A photo of the pope is tacked crookedly to one side.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2017
Johanna’s eyes fix on my face, and she smiles crookedly.
From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth
