adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a stray/wayward curl (= hanging in an untidy way )
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Emily pushed back a stray curl.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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wayward youth
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aunt Sally left her personal estate of several hundred thousand dollars to a home for wayward Dalmatians.
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Leonie felt a momentary pang of compassion for her wayward granddaughter.
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The chemistry had been between them from the start, waiting only for a wayward spark to ignite it.
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The dashboard sports a gash from wayward bicycle gears.
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They were both very smart and correct, but Grandad was a little more wayward .