screwy
pronunciation
How to pronounce screwy in British English:
UK [ˈskru:i]
How to pronounce screwy in American English:
US [ˈskrui]
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- Adjective:
- not behaving normally
Word Origin
- screwy (adj.)
- 1820, "tipsy, slightly drunk," from screw (n.) + -y (2.). Sense of "crazy, ridiculous" first recorded 1887. Related: Screwily; screwiness.
Example
- 1. My eyes just got screwy .
- 2. Giving ear to all , an architect could only get a screwy house .
- 3. This kind of narrow and one-sided observation perspective , screwy the thinking understanding of people , and make policy oriented below a lot of circumstances go astray , must bring .
- 4. At present our country economy still is in transition phase , we are being built hard and perfect market economic system , the economy with screwy to behavior of economy of market main body asymmetry of information of proper understanding price is sequential , to optimizing resource better configuration has important sense .
- 5. But that 's not the screwy part .