
Open English Wordnet
Adjectives
(s)amiss, awry, haywire, wrongnot functioning properly“something is amiss”,
“has gone completely haywire”,
“something is wrong with the engine” Adverbs
(r)awry, amissaway from the correct or expected course“something has gone awry in our plans”,
“something went badly amiss in the preparations” (r)amissin an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner“if you think him guilty, you judge amiss”,
“he spoke amiss”,
“no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly” (r)imperfectly, amissin an imperfect or faulty way“The lobe was imperfectly developed”,
“Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more” (Jane Austen)