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awry   (TTS Sound)

The adj awry has 2 senses

• askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff -- (turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff")


• amiss, awry, haywire, wrong -- (not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine")

The adv awry has 2 senses

• awry, amiss -- (away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations")


• askew, awry, skew-whiff -- (turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry")