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AWRY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not functioning properly
Example:
something is wrong with the engine
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Similar:
malfunctioning; nonfunctional (not performing or able to perform its regular function)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Turned or twisted toward one side
Example:
his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
Synonyms:
askew; awry; cockeyed; lopsided; skew-whiff; wonky
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Similar:
crooked (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned)
II. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Away from the correct or expected course
Example:
something went badly amiss in the preparations
Synonyms:
amiss; awry
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Sense 2
Meaning:
Turned or twisted to one side
Example:
with his necktie twisted awry
Synonyms:
askew; awry; skew-whiff
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Context examples:
A cold supper was ready upon the table, and when his needs were satisfied and his pipe alight he was ready to take that half comic and wholly philosophic view which was natural to him when his affairs were going awry.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
