awry

adv, adj — 4 senses

awry

adv

UK, US /əˈɹaɪ/ · /ˈɔː.ɹi/

Etymology From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.

1

Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

2

Perversely, improperly.

awry

adj

Etymology From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.

1

Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.

The frame was awry.

2

Figuratively 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:

Derived terms: awryness, go awry

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