Awry vs. Astray — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Awry and Astray
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Awry
Awry is a 10" vinyl EP by the American experimental electronic music ensemble Biota, released in 1988 by Bad Alchemy.
Astray
Away from the correct path or direction
An improperly addressed letter that went astray.
Awry
Away from the usual or expected course; amiss
I got the impression that something was awry
Many youthful romances go awry
Astray
Away from the right or good, as in thought or behavior; straying to or into wrong or evil ways.
Awry
Away from the correct course; amiss
The last minute changes caused our plans to go awry.
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Astray
In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.
Awry
In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew.
Astray
Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
Ye were as sheep going astray.
Awry
Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
Astray
Away from the right path or direction;
He was led astray
Awry
Perversely, improperly.
Astray
Far from the intended target;
The arrow went wide of the mark
A bullet went astray and killed a bystander
Awry
Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
The frame was awry.
Awry
(figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
There is something awry with this story.
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.
Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry.Into the devious air.
Awry
Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.
Or by her charmsDraws him awry, enslaved.
Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men.
Awry
Turned or twisted toward one side;
A...youth with a gorgeous red necktie all awry
His wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff
Awry
Not functioning properly;
Something is amiss
Has gone completely haywire
Something is wrong with the engine
Awry
Away from the correct or expected course;
Something has gone awry in our plans
Something went badly amiss in the preparations
Awry
Turned or twisted to one side;
Rugs lying askew
With his necktie twisted awry
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