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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.
Wry
Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour
A wry smile
Wry comments
Awry
Away from the usual or expected course; amiss
I got the impression that something was awry
Many youthful romances go awry
Wry
(of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
Awry
Away from the correct course; amiss
The last minute changes caused our plans to go awry.
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Wry
(of the neck or features) distorted or turned to one side
A remedy for wry necks
Awry
In a position that is turned or twisted toward one side; askew.
Wry
Funny in an understated, sarcastic, or ironic way
A wry sense of humor.
Awry
Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
Wry
Temporarily twisted in an expression of distaste or displeasure
Made a wry face.
Awry
Perversely, improperly.
Wry
(Archaic) Abnormally twisted or bent to one side; crooked
A wry nose.
Awry
Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
The frame was awry.
Wry
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
Awry
(figurative) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course
There is something awry with this story.
Wry
Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
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.
Wry
Twisted, bent, crooked.
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.
Wry
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
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
Wry
To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
Awry
Not functioning properly;
Something is amiss
Has gone completely haywire
Something is wrong with the engine
Wry
To divert; to cause to turn away.
Awry
Away from the correct or expected course;
Something has gone awry in our plans
Something went badly amiss in the preparations
Wry
(transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
Awry
Turned or twisted to one side;
Rugs lying askew
With his necktie twisted awry
Wry
To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.
Wry
(regional) Distortion.
Wry
To cover.
Wrie you in that mantle.
Wry
To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
Wry
To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen.
How manyMust murder wives much better than themselvesFor wrying but a little!
Wry
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Guests by hundreds, not one caringIf the dear host's neck were wried.
Wry
Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
Wry
Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.
Wry
Wrested; perverted.
He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
Wry
Humorously sarcastic or mocking;
Dry humor
An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
An ironic novel
An ironical smile
With a wry Scottish wit
Wry
Bent to one side;
A wry neck
Wry
Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
His rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists
A wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing
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