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awry

adv
/əˈɹaɪ/UK/əˈɹɑɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.

  1. inherited from awry

Definitions

  1. Obliquely, crookedly

    Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

  2. Perversely, improperly.

  3. Turned or twisted toward one side

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

    • The frame was awry.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Wrong or distorted

      Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course

      • There is something awry with this story.
      • It came inside 50 minutes and moments later Cavani should have had a 12th. Pogba and Shaw combined before the left-back’s cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA