1 not in a straight line; bent or twisted:
a crooked nose / smile * a village of crooked streets and white-walled houses * Your glasses are on crooked.
2 dishonest:
a crooked businessman / deal * All the officials are crooked.
crookedly adverb
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is crooked a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, crooked is tagged as adjective.
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