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Amiss

adj, adv, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect. predicative

    "He suspected something was amiss."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not functioning properly wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Wrongly; mistakenly archaic, not-comparable

    "The fire seven times tried this: Seven times tried that judgement is, That did never choose amiss. Some there be that shadows kiss: Such have but a shadow's bliss. There be fools alive, I wis, Silver'd o'er; and so was this. I will ever be your head: So be gone: you are sped."

  2. 2
    Astray. not-comparable
  3. 3
    Imperfectly. not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    in an imperfect or faulty way wordnet
  2. 2
    in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner wordnet
  3. 3
    away from the correct or expected course wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed. obsolete

    "Now by my head (said Guyon) much I muse, / How that same knight should do so foule amis[…]."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From a- + miss.

Etymology 2

From a- + miss.

Etymology 3

From a- + miss.

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