different between agee vs awry

agee

English

Alternative forms

  • ajee (Scotland)

Etymology

From a- +? gee. A preposition of state + gee (to move to one side), from gee or jee, a call to a horse to move to one side.

Adverb

agee (comparative more agee, superlative most agee)

  1. (Scotland, dialect, archaic) Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.

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awry

English

Etymology

From Middle English awry, awrie, equivalent to a- +? wry.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /???a?/
  • Rhymes: -a?
  • (nonstandard) IPA(key): /??.?i/

Adverb

awry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)

  1. Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  2. Perversely, improperly.

Translations

Adjective

awry (comparative more awry, superlative most awry)

  1. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
    Synonym: (mostly UK) wonky
  2. (figuratively) Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.

Usage notes

  • As an adjective, awry is almost always used as a predicately.

Quotations

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:awry.

Derived terms

  • go awry

Translations

Anagrams

  • Wray, wary, wray

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