Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Awry \A*wry"\, adv. & a. [Pref. a- + wry.]
   1. Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or
      true direction, or position; out of the right course;
      distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to
      glance awry. ``Your crown's awry.'' --Shak.

            Blows them transverse, ten thousand leagues awry.
            Into the devious air.                 --Milton.

   2. Aside from the line of truth, or right reason;
      unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely.

            Or by her charms Draws him awry, enslaved. --Milton.

            Nothing more awry from the law of God and nature
            than that a woman should give laws to men. --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

awry
     adj 1: turned or twisted toward one side; "a...youth with a
            gorgeous red necktie all awry"- G.K.Chesterton; "his
            wig was, as the British say, skew-whiff" [syn: {askew},
             {awry(p)}, {cockeyed}, {lopsided}, {wonky}, {skew-whiff}]
     2: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone
        completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine"
        [syn: {amiss(p)}, {awry(p)}, {haywire}, {wrong(p)}]
     adv 1: away from the correct or expected course; "something has
            gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss
            in the preparations" [syn: {amiss}]
     2: turned or twisted to one side; "rugs lying askew"; "with his
        necktie twisted awry" [syn: {askew}, {skew-whiff}]