awry
/əˈɹaɪ/ adverb C2- Obliquely, crookedly; askew.
- Perversely, improperly.
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A cold supper was ready upon the table, and when his needs were satisfied and his pipe alight he was ready to take that half comic and wholly philosophic view which was natural to him when his affairs were going awry.
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