Awry
Awry adverb - Off the desired or intended path or course.
Usage example: their plans for an outdoor wedding went awry when they got a freak hailstorm the night before
Wrong
Wrong adjective - Not being in agreement with what is true.
Usage example: her answer that Thomas Jefferson was the second president of the United States is wrong—it was John Adams, of course
Awry is a synonym for wrong in surprise topic. You can use "Awry" instead the word "Wrong" as an adjective or an adverb, if it concerns topics such as incorrect, astray, amiss, thrive. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In the manga, the curry-making goes awry because Aizawa's recipe gets blown out the window; in the anime, Aizawa has the wrong recipe and ends up making a chocolate cake instead, which she throws out the window in frustration, falling into Akane's hands.
Source: Manga / My Monster Secret -
Worse, after the episode in which this gynoid went dangerously wrong, the series did several other episodes about other androids from the same company going dangerously awry in other ways.
Source: Series / The Outer Limits (1995) - The final proposal of Stensgaard goes awry because Aslaksen is drunk, and produces the wrong letter to Madam Rundholmen (the third of Stensgaard`s possible engagements).
Source: Theatre / The League of Youth
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