awry
UK/əˈɹaɪ/
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Australia/əˈɹɑɪ/
awry adverb: obliquely, crookedly; askew.
Adverb
awry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)
- Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
- Perversely, improperly.
Adjective
awry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)
- Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
- The frame was awry.
- Synonyms:
- wonky
- Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
- There is something awry with this story.
- It came inside 50 minutes and moments later Cavani should have had a 12th. Pogba and Shaw combined before the left-back’s cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry.2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian
awry meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
awry in Urdu
- بل دار, بیکا, غلط, منحرف, تیڑھا, الٹا
awry in Bengali
- ভুল পথে, বাঁকা, পরিকল্পনা অনুযায়ী না হওয়া
awry in Malayalam
- വളഞ്ഞ, വക്രമായ, അനുചിതമായ
Examples of awry in a sentence
- But something is awry; the fairy-stories, the mythologies, are mixed up.
- I was always worried about Jesus’ harebrained schemes; something always seemed to go awry with them.
- This was then referred to as wearing it Colley-Westonward, meaning awry.
Synonyms of awry
Forms of awry
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more awry |
| superlative | most awry |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more awry |
| superlative | most awry |
Origin of awry
From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.
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Questions about awry
- What does awry mean?
- Awry means obliquely, crookedly; askew.
- What is awry in Urdu?
- Awry in Urdu is بل دار, بیکا, غلط. See Awry meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is awry?
- Awry can be an adverb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce awry?
- Awry is pronounced /əˈɹaɪ/ (UK).
Words near awry in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: awry (page history and authors); awry (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); awry (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); awry (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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