Used in a Sentence

screwy

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for screwy.

Editorial note

It means you have infinite confidence in the statement, which is impossible unless you have a screwy prior distribution.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

(informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of screwy gathered in one view.

adjective

(informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous

adjective

(archaic, informal) Tipsy; slightly drunk.

adjective

(archaic) Exacting; extortionate; close.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for screwy.

Example sentences

1

It means you have infinite confidence in the statement, which is impossible unless you have a screwy prior distribution.

2

You will also get to see how screwy corporate cultures can be and some good parts too.

3

This whole thing is screwy enough as it is without putting words in people's mouths to then feign outrage over.

4

Also, ranking in the stores lately is screwy, and at least a little bit meaningless.

5

I find that Rails-API sometimes does/needs some screwy stuff because it has to be 2nd class citizen.

6

If people open word docs on different versions, or with certain fonts missing or whatever, the layout can get screwy and messed up.

7

Do I buy that Columbia's screwy internal administrative structure is a valid reason for this?

8

Cute niceties like emotes are screwy due to the standard layout.

9

The whole idea of a business plan contest is screwy.

10

I loved the game, but the constant warping of the game board meant that my eyes were a bit screwy after playing.

11

My motivation for projects has always been kinda screwy.

12

I find Amazon to be screwy less than 0.5% of the time.

Quote examples

1

"Screwy" in this context means the sort of intransitive situations referred to in the parent of my last comment.

2

It's saying, "hey, sometimes you have really screwy preferences, too bad." Realistically, that kind of situation doesn't break a voting system.

3

Amazon gets maybe a 2% "leeway" for me, because I know I'll get great customer service if something turns up screwy with the order.

4

It's really easy to come up with a system that always comes up with "good" results if you rule out "screwy" voter preferences, with a sufficiently restrictive value of "screwy".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use screwy in a sentence?

It means you have infinite confidence in the statement, which is impossible unless you have a screwy prior distribution.

What does screwy mean?

(informal) Crazy; silly; ridiculous

What part of speech is screwy?

screwy is commonly used as adjective.