awry
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK, US) IPA(key): /əˈɹaɪ/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /əˈɹɑɪ/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- (nonstandard) IPA(key): /ˈɔ.ɹi/
Adverb
editawry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)
- Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
- Perversely, improperly.
Translations
editobliquely, crookedly; askew
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perversely, improperly
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Adjective
editawry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)
- Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
- Synonym: (mostly UK) wonky
- The frame was awry.
- (figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
- There is something awry with this story.
- 2021 April 29, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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.
Usage notes
edit- As an adjective, awry is almost always used as a predicate.
Quotations
edit- For quotations using this term, see Citations:awry.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editturned or twisted toward one side
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wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss
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