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awry
adjectives
turned or twisted toward one side
"a...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff"
askew,
awry,
cockeyed,
lopsided,
skew-whiff,
wonky
not functioning properly
"something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
amiss,
awry,
haywire,
wrong
adverbs
away from the correct or expected course
"something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
amiss,
awry
turned or twisted to one side
"rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
askew,
awry,
skew-whiff
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