awry

English

WOTD – 2 October 2008

Etymology

a- (preposition) +‎ wry

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /əˈɹaɪ/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -aɪ
(nonstandard) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.ɹaɪ/
Audio (AU) (file)

Adverb

awry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)

Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
Perversely, improperly.

Translations

obliquely, crookedly; askew

Bulgarian: накриво (bg) (nakrivo), косо (bg) (koso)
Finnish: vinossa (fi), vinoon, kierossa, kieroon
French: de travers (fr), de guingois (fr)

Polish: krzywo (pl), ukośnie
Russian: кри́во (ru) (krívo), ко́со (ru) (kóso), на́бок (ru) (nábok)
Swedish: sned (sv)

perversely, improperly

Bulgarian: неправилно (bg) (nepravilno), криво (bg) (krivo)
Finnish: sopimattomasti (fi)
Polish: niewłaściwie (pl), opacznie (pl)
Russian: непра́вильно (ru) (neprávilʹno), неве́рно (ru) (nevérno), превра́тно (ru) (prevrátno)

Spanish: inadecuadamente
Swedish: galet (sv), på tok
Ukrainian: хибно (khýbno)

Adjective

awry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)

Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
The frame was awry.
Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
There is something awry with this story.

Usage notes

As an adjective, awry is almost always used as a predicate adjective.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:awry.

Synonyms

(misaligned): wonky (mostly UK)

Derived terms

go awry

Translations

turned or twisted toward one side

Bulgarian: крив (bg) (kriv), изкривен (bg) (izkriven)
Finnish: vino (fi), kiero (fi)
Galician: torto (gl)
German: krumm (de), schief (de)

Polish: krzywy (pl)
Russian: криво́й (ru) (krivój), искривлённый (ru) (iskrivljónnyj), косо́й (ru) (kosój), искажённый (ru) (iskažónnyj)
Spanish: torcido (es)
Swedish: sned (sv)

wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss

Bulgarian: погрешен (bg) (pogrešen), неправилен (bg) (nepravilen)
Finnish: sopimaton (fi)
Polish: niewłaściwy (pl)

Russian: непра́вильный (ru) (neprávilʹnyj), неве́рный (ru) (nevérnyj), искажённый (ru) (iskažónnyj), превра́тный (ru) (prevrátnyj)
Spanish: torcido (es)

Anagrams

Wray, wary, wray

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