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awry - Dictionary definition and meaning for awry

AWRY

  • (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

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.

Mnemonics for awry

  • (Tag: ) awry sounds like "a + vary(variation)" i.e, 'a variation from the expected way or position(turned or twisted to one side)'

    added by sriramkakara    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (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 .. !

    added by sasidhar    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: Global) awry=a + wry(worry).If we done something crooked and distorted we feel worry about the consequences.

    added by prithvikalakota    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: english) just replace the 3rd letter "R" with "A"..then it will become "away"...

    added by graduatestudent    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) SEUNDS LIKE AWARE.... BE AWARE OF AWRY(CROOKED OR BAD) PEOPLE

    added by ranuclarke    editEdit Mnemonic

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

    added by sriharisharma    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: TV series) ARI gold from the HBO series Entourage was very awry (crooked) in his ways

    added by pratdhunk    editEdit Mnemonic

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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.

    added by moorthy_ragha    editEdit Mnemonic

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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

    added by friendofafriend    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) awry sounds like "a + wry(worry)" i.e, 'a variation from the expected way or position(turned or twisted to one side)' will cause u to worry..

    added by RajeshBorkar    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: Marathi) awara aree plans kuthe hi chalalate

    added by swap.kamble    editEdit Mnemonic

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