Antonyms for crookedly

Grammar : Adj, adv

Spell : krook-id for 1–4, 6; krookt for 5

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrʊk ɪd for 1–4, 6; krʊkt for 5

Definition of crookedly

As in askew : adj crooked
As in untruthfully : adv dishonestly
As in falsely : adv deceitfully

Example sentences :

All he cares for is the excitement of big things he can get at crookedly.
Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones

“They get life so crookedly from servants and such,” he added.
Extract from : « The Cricket » by Marjorie Cooke

I never saw a cord of wood piled so crookedly before in my life.
Extract from : « Peggy Owen Patriot » by Lucy Foster Madison

I wonder that, when the twig is so ruthlessly and persistently bent, the tree should reach up ever so crookedly towards heaven.
Extract from : « A New Atmosphere » by Gail Hamilton

These were mainly the resolutions to which his long meditation had now crookedly and clumsily conducted him.
Extract from : « Hide and Seek » by Wilkie Collins

Here belated sparrows drank or splashed their dusty feathers, and the parrot watched them crookedly.
Extract from : « Love Stories » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Denis stepped down from the bench; tied insecurely and crookedly to the tentpole, the Union Jack hung limp on the windless air.
Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley

Notice the weird expression of these trees with their crookedly bent tops, one side of each trunk being almost devoid of branches.
Extract from : « Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets » by Various

Suspended across the gateway hung an old white sheet, with 'Many happy returns,' in red letters, sewn on crookedly.
Extract from : « Anxious Audrey » by Mabel Quiller-Couch

Now it sat most crookedly upon him and was cut in many places so that it but barely hung upon his shoulders.
Extract from : « In the Court of King Arthur » by Samuel Lowe

Synonyms for crookedly

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