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awry
/əˈɹaɪ/
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What does awry mean?
adverb
- Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
- Perversely, improperly.
adjective
- Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
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adjective
- (figuratively) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈɹaɪ/
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A very hang- dog face— a felon face— a face to fright the headsman himself, and make him strike awry.
And all the clouds that lowered o’er our housetops, With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.
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You will usually find after dreaming of salt that everything goes awry, and quarrels and dissatisfaction show themselves in the family circle.
But what glorious things might a man with extraordinary powers effect, were he not hurried unnumbered miles awry by the unconquerable power of circumstances?
Marilla knew Anne too well to fear this; but she felt that something in the universal scheme of things had gone sadly awry.