Awry

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew.
  • ad. Away from the correct course; amiss. See Synonyms at amiss.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  • ad. Perversely, improperly.
  • adj. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
  • adj. Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. 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.
  • ad. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction or position; asquint: as, to glance or look awry; the lady's cap is awry.
  • Figuratively, away from the line of truth or right reason; perverse or perversely.
  • Of things: To turn out badly or untowardly; go wrong.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. turned or twisted toward one side
  • adj. not functioning properly
  • ad. away from the correct or expected course
  • ad. turned or twisted to one side
    • Equivalent
    crooked    nonfunctional    malfunctioning   
    Cross Reference
    to go (run   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    distorted    obliquely    asquint    aske    wonky   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai   
     
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