adj. (crookeder, crookedest)
1. a not straight or level; bent, curved, twisted. b deformed, bent with age.
2 colloq. not straightforward; dishonest.
3 Austral. & NZ sl. CROOK adj. 2.
4 (foll. by on) Austral. sl. hostile to.
Derivatives:
crookedly adv. crookedness n.
Etymology: ME f. CROOK, prob. after ON kr{oacute}k{oacute}ttr