Awry

adjective

/ˈɔ.ɹi/

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.adjectiveTurned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.

"The frame was awry."

2.adjectiveWrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.

"There is something awry with this story."

3.adverbObliquely, crookedly; askew.

4.adverbPerversely, improperly.

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