different between awry vs adry

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

English

Etymology

From a- +? dry.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??d???/
• Rhymes: -a?

Adjective

adry (comparative more adry, superlative most adry)

1. (archaic) Dry.
2. (archaic) Thirsty.
   • , I.iii.3:

     counsel can do little good; you may as well bid him that is sick of an ague not to be adry, or him that is wounded not to feel pain.

Anagrams

• Dray, Dyar, Rady, Yard, dray, yard