Definition of awry Awry
/ɚajˈ/ - [eray] - a•wry
We found 12 definitions of awry from 6 different sources.
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What does awry mean?
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| awry - away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations" | ||
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| awry - turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry" | ||
| askew, skew-whiff | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- awry (adv. & a.)
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. - awry (adv. & a.)
Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Away from the expected or proper direction. -
awry
In an oblique manner.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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awry
a-rī′, adj. twisted to one side: distorted, crooked: wrong: perverse.—adv. unevenly: perversely: erroneously.—To look awry, to look askance at anything; To walk awry, to go wrong. [Prep. a, on, and Wry.]
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