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wonky
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective wonky has 2 senses
- wonky(s = adj.all) askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, skew-whiff - turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
- wonky(s = adj.all) rickety, shaky, wobbly - inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"
OXFORD DICTIONARY
wonky, adj. (wonkier, wonkiest) Brit. sl.
1 crooked.
2 loose, unsteady.
3 unreliable.
1 crooked.
2 loose, unsteady.
3 unreliable.
Derivative
wonkily adv. wonkiness n.
Etymology
fanciful formation
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