awry C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈɹɑɪ/ UK /əˈɹaɪ/ See IPA manual Freq #26408 Meanings 1 adv away from the correct or expected course Something has gone awry in our plans. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · away from the correct or... amiss More cockeyedaskew Word family Derived forms awryness Etymology From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry. *wreyḱ- Proto-Indo-European awry Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # awry **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /əˈɹɑɪ/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈɹaɪ/ **Frequency rank:** 26408 ## Meanings 1. away from the correct or expected course ## Examples - Something has gone awry in our plans. ## Synonyms - amiss - cockeyed - askew ## Derived Forms - awryness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *wreyḱ- - Root: awry ## Etymology From Middle English awry, awrie. By surface analysis, a- + wry. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown