Eschew vs Awry - What's the difference?
eschew | awry |
Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.
Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss.
As a verb eschew
is to avoid; to shun, to shy away from.As an adverb awry is
obliquely, crookedly; askew.As an adjective awry is
turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place.eschew
English
Usage notes
* The verb is not normally applied to the avoidance or shunning of a person or physical object, but rather, only to the avoidance or shunning of an idea, concept, or other intangible.Quotations
{{timeline , 1500s=1599 , 1900s=1927 , 2010s=2014}} * *: What cannot be eschew’d must be embrac’d. * 1927 , *: He could afford no servants, and would admit but few visitors to his absolute solitude; eschewing close friendships and receiving his rare acquaintances in one of the three ground-floor rooms which he kept in order. * '>citationDerived terms
* (l)References
awry
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The frame was awry .
- There is something awry with this story.