Awry vs Beguile - What's the difference?
awry | beguile |
Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
To deceive or delude (using guile).
* , II, II, 102.
To charm, delight or captivate.
* 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
As an adverb awry
is obliquely, crookedly; askew.As an adjective awry
is turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.As a verb beguile is
to deceive or delude (using guile).awry
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The frame was awry .
- 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")Anagrams
* *beguile
English
Alternative forms
*Verb
(beguil)- I know, sir, I am no flatterer: he that beguiled you, in a plain accent, was a plain knave.
- I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.