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Aery vs Awry - What's the difference?

aery | awry |

As adjectives the difference between aery and awry

is that aery is (poetic) aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary while awry is turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.

As a noun aery

is .

As an adverb awry is

obliquely, crookedly; askew.

aery

English

Noun

(aeries)

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • (poetic) aerial; ethereal; incorporeal; visionary.
  • * 1667 , '': Book XI, in 1801, Henry John Todd (editor), ''The Poetical Works of John Milton , Volume 3, page 349,
    • The bird of Jove, ?toop'd from his aery tour, / Two birds of gaye?t plume before him drove ;

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    awry

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
  • Perversely, improperly.

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
    • The frame was awry .
  • Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
    • There is something awry with this story.

    Usage notes

    * As an adjective, awry is almost always used as a predicate adjective.

    Synonyms

    * (misaligned) wonky (mostly UK)

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