A-wry', a. or adv.

(a-rī'), a. or adv. [Prefix a and wry, q. v.] 1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance a look awry; the lady's cap is awry. Blows them transverse ten thousand leagues awry Into the devious air. Milton. 2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely. Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved with dotage. Milton. Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature than that a woman should give laws to men. Milton.