- 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. Source: opted
- 2. adv. & a. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. Source: opted
- 3. adj. turned or twisted toward one side Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. not functioning properly Source: wordnet
- 5. adv. away from the correct or expected course Source: wordnet
- 6. adv. turned or twisted to one side Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 8. r:100 r. away from the correct or expected course Source: ecdict
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