awry

Adjective Satellite

• turned or twisted toward one side; - G.K.Chesterton
  • "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"
• not functioning properly

Adverb

• Off the correct or expected course; amiss.
• away from the correct or expected course
  • "something has gone awry in our plans"
• turned or twisted to one side
  • "with his necktie twisted awry"

Adv

• Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
• Perversely, improperly.

Adj

• Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
• Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course

Examples

• My whole strategy went awry when she took the only triple-word spot.
• The frame was awry.
• There is something awry with this story.

Synonyms

amiss, askew, cockeyed, haywire, lopsided, skew-whiff, wonky, wrong

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