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S vs Awry - What's the difference?

s | awry |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adverb awry is

obliquely, crookedly; askew.

As an adjective awry is

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

s

Translingual

{{Basic Latin character info, previous=r, next=t, image= (wikipedia s)

Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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)

    Anagrams

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