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screwier

screwier is the comparative form of screwy.

Meaning of screwy

Adjective

screwy (comparative screwier or more screwy, superlative screwiest or most screwy)

  1. (informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous
    • That's a screwy idea; I am not going to fly all the way to Antarctica just to see a penguin!
  2. (archaic, informal) Tipsy; slightly drunk.
    • "A tipsy man," said Spearman, "is generally noisy ; and I confess I was screwy on Wednesday."1868, Memorials of a theological college., London: Houlston & Wright, page 9
  3. (archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close.
  4. (archaic) Worthless.
    • I saw my hearty out of the yard, with his pink peeping out of his Macintosh, on his screwy old black horse, and I heard from my fair waiter that he had been vaunting that he would lick us all into fits.1840 March, Hal of the West, “Brilliant run with the Puckeridge hounds”, in The Sporting Magazine, volume XX, number 119, page 383

Questions about screwier

What is screwier the comparative form of?
Screwier is the comparative form of screwy.

Words near screwier in the dictionary

  1. screwgie
  2. screwgies
  3. screwhead
  4. screwheads
  5. screwhorn antelope
  6. screwier
  7. screwiest
  8. screwin'
  9. screwiness
  10. screwing
  11. screwing about

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