awry, amiss(p), haywire, wrong
(adjective) not functioning properly; “something is amiss”; “has gone completely haywire”; “something is wrong with the engine”
askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff
(adjective) 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”
awry, amiss
(adverb) 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
(adverb) turned or twisted to one side; “rugs lying askew”; “with his necktie twisted awry”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
awry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)
Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
Perversely, improperly.
awry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)
Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
• As an adjective, awry is almost always used as a predicate adjective.
• (misaligned): wonky (mostly UK)
• Wray, wary, wray
Source: Wiktionary
A*wry", adv. & a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 April 2024
(verb) embody the essential characteristics of or be a typical example of; “The fugue typifies Bach’s style of composition”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
