Meaning of AMISS
| Pronunciation: | | u'mis
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- [adv] in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen
- [adv] in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner; "if you think him guilty you judge amiss"; "he spoke amiss"; "no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly"
- [adv] away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
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\A*miss"\, adv. [Pref. a- + miss.]
Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? --Shak.
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. --James
iv. 3.
{To take (an act, thing) amiss}, to impute a wrong motive to
(an act or thing); to take offense at; to take unkindly;
as, you must not take these questions amiss.
\A*miss"\ ([.a]*m[i^]s"), a.
Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be
amiss to ask advice.
Note: [Used only in the predicate.] --Dryden.
His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that
which is amiss in himself or his circumstances.
--Wollaston.
\A*miss"\, n.
A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. --Shak.
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