awry (
http://definr.com/awry)
adj 1: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a
gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton [syn:
askew,
awry(p),
cockeyed,
lopsided,
wonky]
2: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone
completely haywire"; "the telephone is out of order";
"what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; "something
is wrong with the engine" [syn:
amiss(p),
awry(p),
haywire,
out of order(p),
the matter(p),
wrong(p)]
adv 1: away from the correct or expected course; "something has
gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss
in the preparations" [syn:
amiss]
2: turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his
necktie twisted awry" [syn:
askew]