Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crookedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
crooked-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a crooked manner.

Etymology

Etymology tree English crooked Middle English -ly English -ly English crookedly From crooked + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more crookedly (comparative) most crookedly (superlative)

Synonyms

lopsidedly

Questions

What does crookedly mean?
In a crooked manner.
Where does crookedly come from?
Etymology tree English crooked Middle English -ly English -ly English crookedly From crooked + -ly.

How to pronounce crookedly

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