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–adverb, adjective

1.	with a turn or twist to one side; askew: to glance or look awry.

2.	away from the expected or proper direction; amiss; wrong: Our plans went awry.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME on wry. See a-¹, wry

]

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a·wry Audio Help (ə-rī') Pronunciation Key
adv.

In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew.
Away from the correct course; amiss. See Synonyms at amiss.

a·wry' adj.

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awry

c.1375, "crooked, askew," from a- (1) "on" + wry (q.v.).

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awry
adjective
1.	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" [syn: askew]
2.	not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine" [syn: amiss]
adverb
1.	away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
2.	turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry" [syn: askew]

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Awry

A*wry"\, adv. & a. [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.

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