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Definition of awry :
1. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
2. 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.
Synonyms:
skew-whiff, the matter, imperfectly, amiss, nonfunctional, oblique, out of order, malfunctioning, askew, wrong, haywire, afield, thrive, wonky
deformed (part of speech: adjective)
contorted, bent, disfigured, crooked, flawed, distorted, misshapen, freakish, cockeyed, corrupt, irregular, perverse, asymmetrical, deformed, lopsided
wrong (part of speech: adjective)
Usage examples:
- " If things go awry," he said, with a smile, " you will be the last to fall, Roger." - "The Great Mogul", Louis Tracy.
- Out of the shadow came a man, with hands outstretched and cap awry, running as if he were mad. - "Master Skylark", John Bennett.
- So all thy plans for her and Fairfax would have gone awry, had the poor fellow lived! - "Peggy Owen and Liberty", Lucy Foster Madison.
