Both Uses of
awry
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- The raggedest nightcap, awry on the wretchedest head, had this crooked significance in it: "I know how hard it has grown for me, the wearer of this, to support life in myself; but do you know how easy it has grown for me, the wearer of this, to destroy life in you?"†
Chpt 2.22 *
- False eyebrows and false moustaches were stuck upon them, and their hideous countenances were all bloody and sweaty, and all awry with howling, and all staring and glaring with beastly excitement and want of sleep.†
Chpt 3.2
Definition:
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(awry) in improper position; or in an unintended way