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Awry vs Wriggle - What's the difference?

awry | wriggle |

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 wriggle is

to twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.

As a noun wriggle is

a wriggling movement.

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")

    Anagrams

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    wriggle

    English

    Verb

    (wriggl)
  • To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.
    • Teachers often lose their patience when children wriggle in their seats.
  • * Jonathan Swift
    • Both he and successors would often wriggle in their seats, as long as the cushion lasted.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1972 , author=Carlos Castañeda , title=The teachings of Don Juan: a Yaqui way of knowledge , page=78 citation , passage=I tried to ease my grip, but my hands were sweating so profusely that the lizards began to wriggle out of them.}}
  • To cause to or make something wriggle.
    • He was sitting on the lawn, wriggling his toes in the grass.

    Derived terms

    * wriggler * wriggly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A wriggling movement.

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