Search Result:amiss
KK Pronunciation
〔 әˋmIs 〕
Pronunciation
〔 әˊmis 〕
Overview of adj amiss
The adj amiss has 1 sense
- amiss, awry, haywire, wrong -- (not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine")
Overview of adv amiss
The adv amiss has 3 senses
- awry, amiss -- (away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations")
- amiss -- (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")
- imperfectly, amiss -- (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)