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- pronunciation:
raI
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adjective & adverb |
| definition 1: |
off center; twisted or turned.
His tie was awry, and he looked as if he'd slept in his clothes.- synonyms:
- askew, crooked, off-center
- similar words:
- amiss, aslant, cockeyed, oblique, offset, sideways, twisted
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| definition 2: |
in an unplanned and undesired direction.
His scheme went awry when his boss got suspicious.- synonyms:
- amiss, wrong
- similar words:
- badly
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| related words: |
amiss, lopsided, wrong |
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