awry

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
9
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/əˈɹaɪ/(UK)
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/əˈɹaɪ/(UK) · /əˈɹɑɪ/ · /ˈɔː.ɹi/

Definition of awry

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
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adv

  1. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  2. Perversely, improperly.

adj

  1. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
    “The frame was awry.”
  2. (figuratively)Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
    “There is something awry with this story.”
    “It came inside 50 minutes and moments later Cavani should have had a 12th. Pogba and Shaw combined before the left-back’s cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry.”

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Etymology

From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry.

Anagrams of awry

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