awry

awry has 6 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• adv. & a.. 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.
• adv. & a.. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
• a.. not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
• a.. 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"
• adv.. away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
• adv.. turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"