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Awry Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Awry? [adv] away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations" [adv] turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Awry: amiss \| askew \| skew-whiff Related Terms \| Find terms related to Awry: aberrant \| abroad \| adrift \| afield \| agee \| agee-jawed \| all abroad \| all off \| all wrong \| amiss \| aside \| askance \| askant \| askew \| askewgee \| aslant \| asquint \| astray \| at fault \| badly \| beside the mark \| cam \| catawampous \| catawamptious \| cock-a-hoop \| cockeyed \| convulsed \| corrupt \| crooked \| crookedly \| deceptive \| defective \| delusive \| deranged \| deviant \| deviational \| deviative \| disarranged \| discomfited \| discomposed \| disconcerted \| dislocated \| disordered \| disorderly \| disorganized \| distorted \| disturbed \| errant \| erring \| erroneous \| erroneously \| fallacious \| false \| faultful \| faultily \| faulty \| flawed \| haywire \| heretical \| heterodox \| illogical \| illusory \| in disorder \| misplaced \| not right \| not true \| obliquely \| off \| off the track \| on the fritz \| out \| out of gear \| out of joint \| out of kelter \| out of kilter \| out of order \| out of place \| out of tune \| out of whack \| peccant \| perturbed \| perverse \| perverted \| roily \| self-contradictory \| shuffled \| skew \| skewed \| skew-jawed \| slantways \| slaunchways \| squinting \| straying \| turbid \| turbulent \| unfactual \| unfavorably \| unorthodox \| unproved \| unsettled \| untrue \| untruly \| upset \| wamper-jawed \| wide \| wrong \| wry \| yaw-ways See Also \| Awry In Webster's Dictionary \A*wry"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + wry.] 1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry. ``Your crown's awry.'' --Shak. Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry. Into the devious air. --Milton. 2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. --Milton. Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men. --Milton.

Awry Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Awry?

[adv] away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
[adv] turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Awry: amiss | askew | skew-whiff

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Awry In Webster's Dictionary

\A*wry"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + wry.]
1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or
   true direction, or position; out of the right course;
   distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to
   glance awry. ``Your crown's awry.'' --Shak.

         Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry.
         Into the devious air.                 --Milton.

2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason;
   unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.

         Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. --Milton.

         Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature
         than that a woman should give laws to men. --Milton.

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