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English word awry comes from English wry, English a
wry (English)
(obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.. (obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.. (transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). (transitive, obsolete) To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide. Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.. Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.. Turned away, contorted (of the face or [...]
a (English)
The name of the Latin script letter A/a. (chiefly, Scotland) All. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.] Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.. One certain or particular; any single. [First attested between around 1150 to 1350]. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a [...]
awry (English)
Obliquely, crookedly; askew.. Perversely, improperly. Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.. Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.