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awry

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1. awry - Adjective

2. awry - Adverb

4. awry - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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 dictionary

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It 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

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