AWRY


Meaning of AWRY in English

əˈrī adverb (or adjective)

Etymology: Middle English on wry, from on + wry, n.

1. : turned or twisted toward one side : obliquely , oblique : not straight : askew

a dissipated-looking youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry — G.K.Chesterton

2. : out of the right, expected, or hoped-for course : wide of the mark : wrong , amiss

after three years of schooling in New York something went awry in his education — S.H.Adams

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.