awry
[adverb (or adjective)]
Synonyms: askance, askant, askew, cam, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed, crookedly, amiss, afield, astray, badly, unfavorably, wrong

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Contrasted words: even, straight, true, directly, undeviatingly
Related Words: aside, aslant, obliquely, slantways, erroneously, faultily, untruly

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a‧wry /əˈraɪ/ adjective
[Date: 1300-1400; Origin: on + wry]

1. go awry if something goes awry, it does not happen in the way that was planned:
My carefully laid plans had already gone awry.

2. not in the correct position:
He rushed out, hat awry.

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