Thesaurus: awry

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1. adv. & a. 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.
2. adv. & a. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
3. adj. turned or twisted toward one side
4. adj. not functioning properly
5. adv. away from the correct or expected course
6. adv. turned or twisted to one side
7. 1. 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. "Your crown's awry." Shak. Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry. Into the devious air. Milton. 2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. Milton. Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men. Milton.
8. r:100 r. away from the correct or expected course