Dictionary Entry
awry
awry is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as adjectivedverb & adjective, adjective, and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 9 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1adjectivedverb & adjective
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.
- 2adjectivedverb & adjective
Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
- 3adjective
not functioning properly
"something is amiss"
"has gone completely haywire"
- 4adjective
turned or twisted toward one side- G.K.Chesterton
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"
"his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
- 5adverb
away from the correct or expected course
"something has gone awry in our plans"
"something went badly amiss in the preparations"
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- 6adverb
turned or twisted to one side
"rugs lying askew"
"with his necktie twisted awry"
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