as in bizarre
different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion
the counterfeit bills are poorly done and would look screwy to even the untrained eye
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Recent Examples of screwy
California’s vote-counting is notorious for taking weeks to get results, but that’s a function of screwy deadlines rather than the mail-in balloting itself.
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the Big 12 remains as quirky and screwy as ever.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Pricing for five or fewer devices is a little screwy.
—PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
In the screwy arithmetic of my mind, more time meant more aspiration.
—Dan Leach
july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
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Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 5 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, the Big 12 remains as quirky and screwy as ever.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Pricing for five or fewer devices is a little screwy.
—PC Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
In the screwy arithmetic of my mind, more time meant more aspiration.
—Dan Leach
july 3, Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for screwy
Adjective
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That’s just a really bizarre back and forth to exist in.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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As the story builds toward a violent showdown between the mourners and the town, the reader will be entranced by its surreal language and bizarre logic.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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The movie goes from this weird, seedy love motel to the industrial backwaters, and these long walks and talks down empty streets.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
1 June 2026
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The show hinges on finding an ordinary person who, plunged into a group of people he’s never met before, doesn’t reject them as weird or objectionable but embraces them at some basic human level.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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The author could herself be considered predatorial, having written her own children in as the books’ protagonists, saddling them with a strange kind of fame.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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This strange occurrence echoes what happened at the top of the dot-com bubble 26 years ago.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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Some of these flourishes are jarringly funny, others merely stop the film momentarily in its tracks.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 June 2026
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People being all excited to be in an alliance that doesn't actually exist shouldn't be funny.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 June 2026
Adjective
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Some kind of carpet beetle, with the odd centipede joining the parade.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Here, as ever, Kokopeli suggests that clinging to youthful talismans offers no protection against uncertainty, and reasserts the odd mix of disaffection and morbid glee produced by such reactionary impulses.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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His erratic, punitive and ultimately unconstitutional approach to tariffs has resulted in an economic mess of payouts to farmers and reimbursements.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Roki Sasaki flashed triple-digit velocity for the first time this season, but battled erratic command.—
Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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Israel and Jordan occupy a peculiar position in this landscape.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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The results may be the most peculiar for OpenAI’s GPT-5-mini.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Wrapped around the main lobby is a small arcade of curious boutiques selling everything from designer clothes and jewelry to Cuban cigars.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Brief endnotes are included for extra-curious readers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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“Screwy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/screwy. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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