Hypertext Webster Gateway: "awry"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Awry \A*wry"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + wry.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
awry
adj 1: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a
gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton [syn: {askew},
{awry(p)}, {cockeyed}, {lopsided}, {wonky}]
2: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone
completely haywire"; "the telephone is out of order";
"what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; "something
is wrong with the engine" [syn: {amiss(p)}, {awry(p)}, {haywire},
{out of order(p)}, {the matter(p)}, {wrong(p)}]
adv 1: away from the correct or expected course; "something has
gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss
in the preparations" [syn: {amiss}]
2: turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his
necktie twisted awry" [syn: {askew}]
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