All 6 Uses of
awry
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- A horde of heresies fleeing with mitres awry: Photius and the brood of mockers of whom Mulligan was one, and Arius, warring his life long upon the consubstantiality of the Son with the Father, and Valentine, spurning Christ's terrene body, and the subtle African heresiarch Sabellius who held that the Father was Himself His own Son.†
Chpt 1
- Leanjawed harpy, hard woman at a bargain, her bonnet awry.†
Chpt 6 *
- The editor came from the inner office, a straw hat awry on his brow.†
Chpt 7
- He turned to the right and on his right Master Dignam turned, his cap awry, his collar sticking up.†
Chpt 10
- Mrs Dignam, widow woman, her snubnose and cheeks flushed with deathtalk, tears and Tunney's tawny sherry, hurries by in her weeds, her bonnet awry, rouging and powdering her cheeks, lips and nose, a pen chivvying her brood of cygnets.†
Chpt 15
- PRIVATE CARR: (His cap awry, advances to Stephen) Say, how would it be, governor, if I was to bash in your jaw?†
Chpt 15
Definition:
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(awry) in improper position; or in an unintended way