awry

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Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss

There is something awry with this story.

Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place

The frame was awry.

Perversely, improperly
Obliquely, crookedly; askew
& adj. out of the proper form, direction, or position
{a} asquint, unevenly, uneven, aside
not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
crooked, twisted; uneven
{s} crooked; unsound
away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations
If something goes awry, it does not happen in the way it was planned. She was in a fury over a plan that had gone awry
Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry
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"
Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely
away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations"
turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his necktie twisted awry"
camously
go awry
to become twisted, or turned to one side
go awry
Of a situation, to fall apart or unravel; to fall into disorder
go awry
to depart from the correct course
go awry
go wrong, be unsuccessful, miss the mark
things went awry
things went wrong, things did not go well, it was not successful
awry
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