Pronunciation guide
How to pronounce awry
uh-RYE - two syllables, rhyming with 'reply'
US/əˈɹaɪ/
əɹaɪ
UK/əˈɹaɪ/
əɹaɪ
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Common mistake
Often read as 'AW-ree' (like 'sorry'); it is 'uh-RYE', rhyming with 'reply'.
What “awry” means
Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry.
Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss, off course.
In a sentence
- The frame was awry.
- There is something awry with this story.
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