awry – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
awry
adv.
crooked, twisted; uneven
adj.
crooked; unsound
awry
Adjective
1. turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
(synonym) askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff
(similar) crooked
2. not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
(synonym) amiss(p), awry(p), haywire, wrong(p)
(similar) malfunctioning, nonfunctional
Adverb
1. away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
(synonym) amiss
2. turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
(synonym) askew, skew-whiff
awry
přísl.
se zhroutily
příd.jm.
křivý; neupravený; nakřivo
awry
Przysł
krzywo; na opak
Przym.
w nieładzie
Awry
(adv. & a.)
Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry.
(adv. & a.)
Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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