Amiss /(ȧ*mĭs")/
A·miss
Amiss
adv.
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Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
What error drives our eyes and ears amiss?
Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss.
Phrases & Compounds
- To take (an act, thing) amiss
- to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at; to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.
Amiss
a.
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Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
His wisdom and virtue can not always rectify that which is amiss in himself or his circumstances.
Amiss
n.
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A fault, wrong, or mistake. [Obs.]
Each toy seems prologue to some great amiss.