Meaning of AWRY
| Pronunciation: | | u'rI
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- [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"
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AWRY is a 4 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | amiss, askew, skew-whiff |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | 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.
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