1. awry - Adjective
2. awry - Adverb
4. awry - Adjective Satellite
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.
Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is no use to blame the looking glass if your face is awry. Nikolai Gogol
The true faith discovered was When painted panel, statuary, Glass-mosaic, window-glass, Amended what was told awry By some peasant gospeler. William Butler Yeats
If a decision-making process is flawed and dysfunctional, decisions will go awry. Carly Fiorina
It is height makes Grantham steeple stand awry. English Proverb
The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry. English Proverb
Loaves put awry into the oven come out crooked. French Proverb