Awry word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "awry" word

[adv] away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
[adv] turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"

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\A*wry"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + wry.] 1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry. ``Your crown's awry.'' --Shak. Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry. Into the devious air. --Milton. 2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. --Milton. Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men. --Milton.

Synonyms for awry

amiss, askew, skew-whiff

Related terms: all abroad, all wrong, aside, askew, at fault, cock-a-hoop, defective, deviant, disarranged, disordered, erroneous, false, faultily, flawed, in disorder, shuffled, skewed, slaunchways, straying, unfavorably, untrue, untruly

The fun area, different aproach to word »awry«

Let's analyse "awry" as pure text. This string has Four letters in Two syllables and One vowel (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: YRWA. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: .- .-- .-. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: awry: 1 = 1, reduced: 1 (or 8 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: awry: 1 + 5 + 9 + 7 = 22, reduced: 22, and the final result is Twenty-Two.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
R (1)	18	Moon	Patient, Determined, Strong
W (1)	23	King of Wands	Sensual, Warm, Strong, Loyal
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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