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"
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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.