Definition of "awry"

• adverb:

  • Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

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  • Perversely, improperly.

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• adjective:

  • Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.

    place

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  • Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.

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