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Antonyms for awry
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-rahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈraɪ |
Definition of awry
Origin :- late 14c., "crooked, askew," from a- (1) "on" + wry (adj.).
- adj off course; amiss
- She was constrained to watch, to conceal—to be awry, in fact.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- The stove, with its perspective all awry, was tame and precise, and in colour as dingy as mire.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Knowledge boxes all awry, mouths crooked, and noses that have had the upper-cut.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- The miner did not die, but remained all his life with his neck twisted and awry.
- Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet
- Anna Belle's nose was buried in the grass and her hat was awry.
- Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
- His coat is soiled and torn, his cravat is put on awry, and his linen is none of the cleanest.
- Extract from : « City Crimes » by Greenhorn
- And you with the pillow all awry, and that bit of a shawl over you!
- Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- You see, the folks who're alone are the folks who've got no one to go to when things get awry.
- Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Others have sails and spars loose and awry, as if they had just arrived.
- Extract from : « The Settler and the Savage » by R.M. Ballantyne
- Sometimes, however, the younger part of me seems to get up all awry.
- Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park
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