awry

Etymology

From Middle English awry, awrie, equivalent to a- + wry.

adv

  1. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  2. Perversely, improperly.

adj

  1. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
    The frame was awry.
  2. (figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
    There is something awry with this story.
    It came inside 50 minutes and moments later Cavani should have had a 12th. Pogba and Shaw combined before the left-back’s cross teed up the striker but his radar was awry. 29 April 2021, Jamie Jackson, “Edinson Cavani and Bruno Fernandes help Manchester United hit Roma for six”, in The Guardian

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