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Amiss

adverb

Away from the correct or expected course. Synonym: awry. "Something went badly amiss in the preparations"

In an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner. "He spoke amiss" , "No one took it amiss when she spoke frankly"

In an imperfect or faulty way. Synonym: imperfectly. "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"

adjective

Not functioning properly. Synonyms: awry, haywire, wrong. "Has gone completely haywire" , "Something is wrong with the engine"

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"Amiss" Quotes from Famous Books

... to be spoken, and yet not any thing of his being unfaithful to the King; but, 'instar omnium', he told me, that while he was so great at the Council-board, and in the administration of matters, there was no room for any body to propose any remedy to what was amiss, or to compass any thing, though never so good for the kingdom, unless approved of by the Chancellor, he managing all things with that greatness which now will be removed, that the King may have the benefit of others' advice. I then told him that the world ...

— Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete • Samuel Pepys

... had unshut the window the enchantment was gone; then he knew himself that he had done amiss. Alas, he said, that I have lived so long; now I am shamed. So then he gat his sword in his hand and said: Thou traitress, what art thou that I have lain by all this night? thou shalt die right here of my hands. Then this fair lady ...

— Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II) - King Arthur and of his Noble Knights of the Round Table • Thomas Malory

... to be married to one or both of the Miss Crasteyns, great city fortunes—nieces to the rich grocer. They have two hundred and sixty thousand pounds apiece. Nothing comes amiss to the digestion of that family—a ...

— The Ladies - A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty • E. Barrington

... the sacred fire. Lastly, all the people smeared themselves with white clay and bathed in running water. They came out of the water believing that no evil could now befall them for what they had done amiss in the past. So they departed in ...

— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer

... I read her visage much amiss, Or grief besets her hard. Save you, fair lady, The blessings of the cheerful morn be on you, And greet your beauty ...

— Jane Shore - A Tragedy • Nicholas Rowe

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