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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: awry adj 1: turned or twisted toward one side "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton [syn: {askew}, {awry(p)}, {cockeyed}, {lopsided}, {wonky}] 2: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "the telephone is out of order"; "what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; "something is wrong with the engine" [syn: {amiss(p)}, {awry(p)}, {haywire}, {out of order(p)}, {the matter(p)}, {wrong(p)}] adv 1: away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations" [syn: {amiss}] 2: turned or twisted to one side "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry" [syn: {askew}]
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