Definitions for amiss
Overview of adj amiss
The adj amiss has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) amiss, awry, haywire, wrong
(not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone completely haywire"; "something is wrong with the engine")
Overview of adv amiss
The adv amiss has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. awry, amiss
(away from the correct or expected course; "something has gone awry in our plans"; "something went badly amiss in the preparations")
2. amiss
(in 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")
3. imperfectly, amiss
(in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen)
