English → Latin
“crookedly” in Latin
torqueōto spin, whirl, twirl, turn, cause to revolve; to twist, wind, bend awry, distort; to hurl violently, twirl (around the intorqueōto twist, turn or spin around; wrench, sprain; contort; to brandish, hurl or throw towards; to throw or cast against or prāvuscrooked, deformed; depraved, perverse, wicked; vicious, wrong, bad, improperperperusfaulty, defective; wrong, incorrectpraeposterusreversed, inverted; perverted, distorted; absurd, preposterous
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
crookedly
torte (Lucr., 4, 308): intorte (Plin.).
Perversely, prave; perperam; praepostere; perverse. [SYN. in CROOKED.]
Untowardly, Vid.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for crookedly?
- The usual Latin words for “crookedly” are torqueō, intorqueō, prāvus; also perperus, praeposterus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.