Usually means: Plans gone wrong; unexpectedly deviated.
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  1. awry: Merriam-Webster
  2. awry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. awry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. awry: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. Awry, awry: Wordnik
  7. awry: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. awry: Wiktionary
  9. awry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. awry: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. awry: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Awry, awry: Dictionary.com
  13. awry: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. awry: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Awry: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Awry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. awry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. awry: Rhymezone
  19. Awry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. awry: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. awry: FreeDictionary.org
  22. awry: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. awry: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. awry: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  25. awry: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (awry)

▸ adverb:  Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
▸ adverb:  Perversely, improperly.
▸ adjective:  Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
▸ adjective:  (figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course

Similar:
wonky, crooked, askew, amiss, cockeyed, lopsided, wrong, malfunctioning, haywire, nonfunctional, more...

Opposite:
right, correct, proper

Types:
askew, crooked, off-kilter, aslant, more...

Phrases:
go awry, gone awry, opposite of awry, set awry, went awry, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, bent, whole, lean, current, dress, flowery, psychotherapy, finest, foetus

Colors:
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Similar:
wonky, crooked, askew, amiss, cockeyed, lopsided, wrong, malfunctioning, haywire, nonfunctional, more...

Opposite:
right, correct, proper

Types:
askew, crooked, off-kilter, aslant, more...

Phrases:
go awry, gone awry, opposite of awry, set awry, went awry, goes awry, makes go awry, looking awry, more...

Adjectives:
little, more, bent, whole, lean, current, dress, flowery, psychotherapy, finest, foetus

Colors:
    crimson,     maroon,     burgundy,     scarlet,     rust, more...



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