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awry - Dictionary definition and meaning for awry

AWRY

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  • (adverb) away from the correct or expected course

    "something has gone awry in our plans", "something went badly amiss in the preparations"

    synonyms : amiss
  • (adverb) turned or twisted to one side

    "rugs lying askew", "with his necktie twisted awry"

    synonyms : askew , skew-whiff

    He was found sprawled on the sofa with a torn shirt and his necktie twisted awry. -added by naila_inlas

  • (adj.) not functioning properly

    "something is amiss", "has gone completely haywire", "something is wrong with the engine"

    synonyms : amiss , haywire , wrong
    awry
    -tagged by Administrator
    something seems to be amiss
  • (adj.) turned or twisted toward one side

    "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry", "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"

    synonyms : askew , cockeyed , lopsided , skew-whiff , wonky

    As she rushed to catch the train, her awry hat flew off her head. -added by naila_inlas

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Mnemonics for awry

  • (Tag: ) this mnemonic is in hindi....awry sounds like a cutting tool in hindi "aarii"which is bent and somewhat distorted in shape

    added by preetisoni2411    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: TELUGU) AWRY sounds like AREY! in telugu . When do we call someone angrily AREY! .. When he doing something crooked, distorted .. !

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  • (Tag: ) we make a hole on the wal(awl) with an awl which is awry

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  • (Tag: ) A(not)-WRY(worry).If v are not worried about a particular thing,then we are away from that particular matter.

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  • (Tag: Engineers) Remember Mechanical labs ? we were supposed to cut weld metal. dunno abt ure class but coz of the awry(aari aari aari harippa) my whole class went completely wrong during cutting of metal

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