CROOKEDLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crookedly mean? 

• CROOKEDLY (adverb)
  The adverb CROOKEDLY has 1 sense:

1. in a crooked lopsided manner

  Familiarity information: CROOKEDLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROOKEDLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a crooked lopsided manner

Synonyms:

crookedly; lopsidedly

Context example:

he smiled lopsidedly

Pertainym:

crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)

 Context examples 

He is such an incarnate hypocrite, that whatever object he pursues, he must pursue crookedly.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I did not approach her solitary figure without trembling; for this gloomy end to her determined walk, and the way in which she stood, almost within the cavernous shadow of the iron bridge, looking at the lights crookedly reflected in the strong tide, inspired a dread within me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)