amiss

1. adv. Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. Source: opted

2. a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. Source: opted

3. n. A fault, wrong, or mistake. Source: opted

4. adj. not functioning properly Source: wordnet

5. adv. away from the correct or expected course Source: wordnet

6. adv. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner Source: wordnet

7. adv. in an imperfect or faulty way Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

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. Source: adambom

10. r:100 s. not functioning properly r. in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner Source: ecdict

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