I. əˈmis adverb
Etymology: Middle English amis, from a- (I) + mis mistake, wrong — more at miss
1.
a. : in a mistaken way : wrongly
if you think he is guilty, you judge amiss
b. : out of the right way : astray
something had gone — Van Wyck Brooks
2. : in a faulty way : imperfectly
Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more — Jane Austen
3.
a. : in a reprehensible way
no doubt he got his money amiss
b. : in an uncalled-for way
a crude fellow, forever speaking amiss
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English amis, from amis, adverb
1. : not in accordance with right order : wrong
undue provincialism is amiss — D.G.Mandelbaum
2. : faulty , imperfect
whether his general health had been previously at all amiss — Charles Dickens
3.
a. : deserving blame : reprehensible
could prove nothing amiss — Hartzell Spence
b. : out of place under given circumstances : uncalled for — usually used with a negative
a few expurgated excerpts may not be amiss — R.B.Merriman
— usually used predicatively
III. noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English amis, from amis, adjective & adverb
obsolete : fault , misdeed