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
Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
After Aaron Gordon split a pair of free throws, Jones and Cam Johnson successfully executed the foul-up-three strategy on consecutive Laker possessions, only for the free throw to go awry.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The night went so awry for UCLA that coach Mick Cronin ejected one of his own players in the final minutes.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Still, things can go awry even in professions well-suited to flatness.
—Claire Zillman, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
In practice, however, such AI assists have tended to go awry.
—Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 16 Mar. 2026
After Aaron Gordon split a pair of free throws, Jones and Cam Johnson successfully executed the foul-up-three strategy on consecutive Laker possessions, only for the free throw to go awry.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 15 Mar. 2026
The night went so awry for UCLA that coach Mick Cronin ejected one of his own players in the final minutes.
—Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2026
Still, things can go awry even in professions well-suited to flatness.
—Claire Zillman, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awry
Adjective
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So while ending as a positive, the unit’s minutes were uneven.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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Sound waves ricocheting between buildings stretched out reverberation times and created an uneven acoustic field.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The audit, though, called out the risky approach to that mission, noting the agency has no plan in place for a rescue if something were to go wrong on the flight.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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While the initial explanation from the Padres was that King slept wrong, doctors told him the nerve got stretched too much over time and essentially shut off for a while.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Escalade also offers a large head up display and a tilted control panel to provide quick access to climate and other functions.—
Scotty Reiss,
Parents,
24 Feb. 2026
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Naturally, Uranus' tilted rotation has a part to play in how auroral activity manifests on the planet.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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The strike caused an intense fire at the hospital, and officials have said the bodies of many of the victims were too badly damaged to be identified.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Mar. 2026
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The Hornets had a chance to break the franchise record for 3s in a game in the final 3 but rookie center Ryan Kalbrenner — who rarely shoots from deep — badly missed from the corner.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Until then, smuggling weed had been a grand adventure, an escape from a society that had just thrown Prager’s generation into a meat grinder in Vietnam, a repudiation of the crooked politicians and backward preachers and greedy capitalists who were running the world.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2026
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For the most part, this lineup, chock full of All-Stars and Hall of Famers, has struggled to put up crooked numbers.—
Johnny Flores Jr,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Embiid sat out again with a right oblique strain.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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Strider felt oblique tightness in his recent Grapefruit League start and then again in a bullpen session.—
Chad Bishop,
AJC.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Awry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awry. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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