1 if sth goes awry, it does not happen in the way that was planned:
All my plans for the party had gone awry.
2 not in the right position
SYNUNTIDY:
She rushed out, her hair awry.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for awry is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is awry a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, awry is tagged as adverb.
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