Definitions for: Awry


[adv] away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
[adv] turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"



Webster (1913) Definition: A*wry", adv. & a. [Pref. a- + wry.]
1. 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. ``Your crown's awry.'' --Shak.

Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry.
Into the devious air. --Milton.

2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason;
unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.

Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. --Milton.

Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature
than that a woman should give laws to men. --Milton.

Synonyms: amiss, askew, skew-whiff

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