Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
AMISS
imperfectly, amiss
(adverb) 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
amiss
(adverb) 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”
awry, amiss
(adverb) away from the correct or expected course; “something has gone awry in our plans”; “something went badly amiss in the preparations”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
amiss (comparative more amiss, superlative most amiss)
Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
Adverb
amiss (comparative more amiss, superlative most amiss)
Wrongly.
Mistakenly.
Astray.
Imperfectly.
Noun
amiss (plural amisses)
(obsolete) Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.
Anagrams
• Masis, Massi, Samis, Simas, Sisam, missa, saims, simas
Source: Wiktionary
A*miss", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + miss.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: 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.
Definition: A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.] Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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