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Date: 1300-1400
Origin: on + wry

awry

 adjective
     
a‧wry
1

go awry

if something goes awry, it does not happen in the way that was planned:
My carefully laid plans had already gone awry.
2 not in the correct position:
He rushed out, hat awry.
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