Definitions:

1. away from the correct or expected course adverb
   • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
2. not functioning properly adjective
   • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
3. not functioning properly adjective
   • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
4. not functioning properly adjective
   • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
5. not functioning properly adjective
   • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
6. turned or twisted to one side adverb
   • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
7. turned or twisted to one side adverb
   • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
8. turned or twisted to one side adverb
   • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
9. turned or twisted to one side adverb
   • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
10. turned or twisted toward one side adjective
    • The last attempt to repair the watch went awry when the mechanism broke.
11. turned or twisted toward one side adjective
    • The plans for the picnic went awry when it began to rain.
12. turned or twisted toward one side adjective
    • She wore her hair in an awry bun.
13. turned or twisted toward one side adjective
    • Origin: Middle English, from a(n) (variant of on) + wry (as in wry); akin to Old English wrian to twist, Old Norse vritha to twist; perhaps from an unattested IndoEuropean base *wer twist, bend.

Synonyms:

• amiss
• askew
• skew-whiff