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Awry Common

Awry has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Adjective · Adverb

Definitions
Adjective
1

turned or twisted toward one side

"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"

"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

2

not functioning properly

"something is amiss"

"has gone completely haywire"

"something is wrong with the engine"

3

Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.

Adverb
1

away from the correct or expected course

"something has gone awry in our plans"

"something went badly amiss in the preparations"

2

turned or twisted to one side

"rugs lying askew"

"with his necktie twisted awry"

3

Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

Example Sentences
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry" adjective
"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" adjective
"something is amiss" adjective
"has gone completely haywire" adjective
"something is wrong with the engine" adjective
"something has gone awry in our plans" adverb
"something went badly amiss in the preparations" adverb
"rugs lying askew" adverb
"with his necktie twisted awry" adverb
See Also
perverse go pear shaped askew turn to custard squabble atwist kapoof amiss
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
wry jewry cowry dowry lowry chowry avowry go awry outlawry money cowry reverse dowry clarence malcolm lowry laurence stephen lowry
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