awryadjective [ after verb ], adverb
uk/əˈraɪ/us/əˈraɪ/not in the intended way:
Anything that goes awry (= goes wrong) in the office is blamed on Pete.
The strike has sent the plans for investment seriously awry.
in the wrong position:
She rushed in, her face red and sweaty and her hat awry.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wrong
- aberrant
- abnormal
- amiss
- anomaly
- back the wrong horse idiom
- bark
- gross
- grossly
- have no business doing sth idiom
- imprecise
- impropriety
- inaccurate
- invalid 1
- irregular
- misspeak
- mistaken
- off beam
- quarrel with sth
- speak
- speak too soon idiom
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