as in uneven
inclined or twisted to one side
the shutters that still remained on the run-down old house were all awry
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as in wrong
off the desired or intended path or course
their plans for an outdoor wedding went awry when they got a freak hailstorm the night before
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Recent Examples of awry
Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2026
Starting pitcher Jack Manion was methodically mowing down the Hornets until things suddenly went awry in the bottom of the fifth inning.
—Dave Wright, Twin Cities, 11 June 2026
His firm also had been involved in a luxury resort project in La Quinta, but those plans went awry when a development firm managed by the Robert Green Company filed for bankruptcy in 2024.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
Though his personal life is already splitting apart at the seams, Joe plunges into further danger when a routine rescue goes awry.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
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Adjective
Sounds kind of esoteric, but actually a lot of fundamental discoveries were made from that system that ended up relating to things like how human chromosomes go awry and give rise to cancer.
—Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2026
Starting pitcher Jack Manion was methodically mowing down the Hornets until things suddenly went awry in the bottom of the fifth inning.
—Dave Wright, Twin Cities, 11 June 2026
His firm also had been involved in a luxury resort project in La Quinta, but those plans went awry when a development firm managed by the Robert Green Company filed for bankruptcy in 2024.
—Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
Though his personal life is already splitting apart at the seams, Joe plunges into further danger when a routine rescue goes awry.
—Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awry
Adjective
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These Black Diamond poles help take pressure off knees and joints during steep descents while providing extra stability on uneven terrain.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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His central finding is that task-level productivity gains are real but do not automatically translate to firm-level or economy-wide effects — and that the historical analogy to electrification suggests transformation will be slow, uneven, and dependent on complementary investment.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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And get annoyed when people spell it wrong anyway?—
Marla Jo Fisher,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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But everything seemed to go wrong.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Citi maintained that risks to oil prices remain tilted to the upside, as Iran retains significant control over the timing and terms of any potential agreement to reopen the critical Strait of Hormuz energy route.—
Sam Meredith,Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
10 May 2026
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California Democrats got so good at gerrymandering that by the 1980s, the wildly tilted maps had become a political issue themselves.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
24 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Marathon needs these numbers to improve, badly.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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The story of Reconstruction had been, of course, soiled badly by the historians’ profession, to be honest.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Trump walks out on Kristen Welker after calling NBC 'crooked' in fiery clash.—
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FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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From there, Cicket’s life is a crooked line.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
Adjective
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Raleigh has a right oblique strain.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
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Baldwin has been on the IL since May 19 with an oblique strain.—
Tyler Estep,
AJC.com,
12 June 2026
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“Awry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awry. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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