Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: awry
IPA transcription: [ɚ'aɪ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: askew, awry(p), cockeyed, lopsided, wonky, skew-whiff
    Meaning: 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"
r meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: awry, amiss
    Meaning: away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
Usage examples
  • She was wild-eyed, dishevelled, her dress fastened all awry.
  • But all was of no avail--matters kept going as awry as a badly-bent hoop.
  • The majority of our animals seem pretty quiet now, but any one of them may break out in this way if things go awry.
  • Perchance indeed by violence of palsy Some one has been thus wholly turned awry; But I ne'er saw it, nor believe it can be.
  • Early one evening, struggling with a sonnet that twisted all awry the beauty and thought that trailed in glow and vapor through his brain, Martin was called to the telephone.