Main entry: wrong, amiss, awry, haywire
Definition: not functioning properly
Usage: something is amiss; has gone completely haywire; something is wrong with the engine
Main entry: amiss, imperfectly
Definition: in an imperfect or faulty way
Usage: The lobe was imperfectly developed; Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more- Jane Austen
Main entry: amiss
Definition: in an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner
Usage: if you think him guilty you judge amiss; he spoke amiss; no one took it amiss when she spoke frankly
Definition: away from the correct or expected course
Usage: something has gone awry in our plans; something went badly amiss in the preparations