About The Word Astray

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Astray

Astray Meaning & Definition
Astray Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Astray?

[adv] away from the right path or direction; "he was led astray"
[adv] far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Astray: wide

Related Terms | Find terms related to Astray: abashed | aberrant | abroad | adrift | afield | all abroad | all off | all wrong | amiss | askew | at fault | at sea | awry | badly | below the mark | beside the mark | beside the point | bewildered | bootlessly | bothered | clear | clueless | confused | corrupt | deceptive | defective | delusive | deviant | deviational | deviative | discomposed | disconcerted | dismayed | disoriented | distorted | distracted | distraught | disturbed | embarrassed | errant | erring | erroneous | erroneously | fallacious | fallaciously | false | falsely | far afield | far from it | faultful | faultfully | faultily | faulty | flawed | fruitlessly | guessing | heretical | heterodox | illogical | illusory | in a fix | in a maze | in a pickle | in a scrape | in a stew | in vain | lost | mazed | mistakenly | not right | not true | off | off the track | out | peccant | perturbed | perverse | perverted | put-out | self-contradictory | straying | to no purpose | turned around | unfactual | unfavorably | unorthodox | unproved | untrue | untruly | upset | vainly | wide | without a clue | wrong | wrongly

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Astray In Webster's Dictionary

\A*stray"\, adv. & a. [See {Estray}, {Stray}.] Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. Ye were as sheep going astray. --1 Pet. ii. 25.

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