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Adjective awry has 2 senses
- askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff - 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"
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
- amiss, awry, haywire, wrong - not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
Antonym: functioning (indirect, via malfunctioning)
Adverbial awry has 2 senses
- awry, amiss - away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
- askew, awry, skew-whiff - turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
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