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awry

/əˈɹaɪ/

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What does awry mean?

adverb

  1. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  2. Perversely, improperly.

adjective

  1. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. (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.
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808
And all the clouds that lowered o’er our housetops, With this regard their currents turn awry, And lose the name of action.
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76
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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.
Gustavus Hindman MillerTen Thousand Dreams Interpreted; Or, What's in a Dream A Scientific and Practical ExpositionProject Gutenberg ebook #926
But what glorious things might a man with extraordinary powers effect, were he not hurried unnumbered miles awry by the unconquerable power of circumstances?
William GodwinThoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the AuthorProject Gutenberg ebook #743
Marilla knew Anne too well to fear this; but she felt that something in the universal scheme of things had gone sadly awry.
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of the IslandProject Gutenberg ebook #51