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
David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play a couple whose wedding plans go seriously awry following a dark revelation.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
That didn’t stop frustrations from boiling over Wednesday when things went awry in the Giants’ 7-1 loss to the Padres with an opportunity to sweep.
—Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
Going beyond Earth’s orbit comes with a host of risks, such as the sheer distance from home if anything goes awry, and the health effects of exposure to deep-space radiation from solar activity or cosmic rays once the astronauts are beyond the protection of Earth’s magnetic field.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2026
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Adjective
Namely, what happens if something goes awry and a tool like CRISPR mistakenly edits a different spot, somewhere else in the genome?
—David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson play a couple whose wedding plans go seriously awry following a dark revelation.
—ABC News, 3 Apr. 2026
That didn’t stop frustrations from boiling over Wednesday when things went awry in the Giants’ 7-1 loss to the Padres with an opportunity to sweep.
—Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
Going beyond Earth’s orbit comes with a host of risks, such as the sheer distance from home if anything goes awry, and the health effects of exposure to deep-space radiation from solar activity or cosmic rays once the astronauts are beyond the protection of Earth’s magnetic field.
—Carolyn Y. Johnson, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for awry
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However, boundaries have not been redrawn since the 1971 census, as successive governments delayed the process over concerns about uneven population growth.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 Apr. 2026
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Inspired by director Daniel Blake Schwartz’s real-life experiences, this striking debut feature charts the uneven cycles of addiction and recovery among several interconnected lives in Chelsea, Massachusetts with grit and emotional clarity.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2026
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Our legislative and political team is working on Capitol Hill, and here in the state of Missouri, our communications team is making sure the world knows what Olin Winchester is doing to these workers is flat out wrong.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
16 Apr. 2026
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Nobody did anything wrong here.—
Jim DeFede,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 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
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The body was so badly decomposed that the deceased’s gender could not be determined, said police.—
Colin Mixson,
New York Daily News,
17 Apr. 2026
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He was badly wounded in an Israeli airstrike that hit the building without warning during the first week of the war.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Still just missing that big hit to put some of these crooked numbers up there.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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Look for anything loose, crooked, damaged, or scratched.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Apr. 2026
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With Doncic and Reaves (Grade 2 left oblique muscle strain) out, the Lakers needed other players to fill that void.—
Broderick Turner,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Sousa, returning from an oblique injury, will pitch on back-to-back days as the final step of his rehab assignment before Houston activates him.—
Matt Kawahara,
Houston Chronicle,
19 Apr. 2026
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“Awry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awry. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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