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Agee vs Awry - What's the difference?

agee | awry |

As adverbs the difference between agee and awry

is that agee is (Scotland and dialect, archaic) Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line while awry is obliquely, crookedly; askew.

As an adjective awry is

turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.

agee

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • (Scotland and dialect, archaic ) Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.
  • *1800 , Alexander Carlyle, Autobiography
  • *:I wore my hat agee .
  • *1837 , Catharine Sedgwick, Live and Let Live
  • *:A looking-glass that don't make you look as if your face was all agee .

    • See also

    * ajee

    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)

    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "awry")

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