Thesaurus: amiss

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1. adv. Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
2. a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
3. n. A fault, wrong, or mistake.
4. adj. not functioning properly
5. adv. away from the correct or expected course
6. adv. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner
7. adv. in an imperfect or faulty way
8. Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. Note: [Used only in the predicate.] Dryden. His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances. Wollaston. A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.] Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss. Shak.
9. Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak.Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3.To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act orthing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not takethese questions amiss.
10. r:100 s. not functioning properly r. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner