awry[adverb (or adjective)]Synonyms: askance, askant, askew, cam, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed, crookedly, amiss, afield, astray, badly, unfavorably, wrong
Contrasted words: even, straight, true, directly, undeviatingly
Related Words: aside,
aslant,
obliquely,
slantways,
erroneously,
faultily,
untruly [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
a‧wry /əˈraɪ/
adjective[
Date: 1300-1400;
Origin: on + wry]
1. go awry if something goes awry, it does not happen in the way that was planned:
My carefully laid plans had already gone awry.2. not in the correct position:
He rushed out, hat awry. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲