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CROOKEDNESS

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crook⋅ed

[krook-id for 1-4, 6; krookt for 5]
–adjective
1. not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path.
2. askew; awry: The picture on the wall seems to be crooked.
3. deformed: a man with a crooked back.
4. not straightforward; dishonest.
5. bent and often raised or moved to one side, as a finger or neck.
6. (of a coin) polygonal: a crooked sixpence.

Origin:
1200–50; ME croked; see crook 1 , -ed 2


crook⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
crook⋅ed⋅ness, noun


1. winding, devious, sinuous, flexuous, tortuous, spiral, twisted. 3. misshapen. 4. unscrupulous, knavish, tricky, fraudulent.
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crook·ed   (krŏŏk'ĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Having or marked by bends, curves, or angles.

  2. Informal Dishonest or unscrupulous; fraudulent.

crook'ed·ly adv., crook'ed·ness n.
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