Definition of "awry" in English

adverb

1. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.

2. Perversely, improperly.

adjective

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

   • The frame was awry.

2. (figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course

   • There is something awry with this story.