what is amiss
1amiss — amiss, astray share the meaning wrong or otherwise than intended. Amiss implies failure (as of an arrow) to reach the mark aimed at and frequently suggests a shortcoming or defect (as by failure to reach a standard, an expectation, a definite… …
2Amiss — A*miss , adv. [Pref. a + miss.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. [1913 Webster] What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Shak. [1913 Webster] Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. [1913 Webster] {To take (an act …
3amiss — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. wrong, ill; badly, improperly. See evil. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. erring, improper, astray, awry; see wrong 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. wrong, improper, awry, incorrect, mistaken, out… …
4To take an act thing amiss — Amiss A*miss , adv. [Pref. a + miss.] Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. [1913 Webster] What error drives our eyes and ears amiss? Shak. [1913 Webster] Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. [1913 Webster] {To take… …
5Wish Gone Amiss Weekend — Infobox Television episode Title = Wish Gone Amiss Weekend Series = Cory in the House The Suite Life of Zack Cody Hannah Montana Caption = Wish Gone Amiss DVD Cover Season = 1 (Cory) Season 3 (TSL) Season 2 (HM) Episode = 17 (Cory) Episode 69… …
6Landing at Anzac Cove — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Landing at Anzac Cove campaign=Gallipoli caption= Anzac, the landing 1915 by George Lambert. partof=First World War date=25 April 3 May, 1915 place=Anzac Cove, Gallipoli result=Stalemate combatant1= combatant2=… …
7Twit — Twit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[=i]tan to reproach, blame; [ae]t at + w[=i]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the meanings of E.… …
8Twitted — Twit Twit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[=i]tan to reproach, blame; [ae]t at + w[=i]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the meanings of E …
9Twitting — Twit Twit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Twitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Twitting}.] [OE. atwiten, AS. [ae]tw[=i]tan to reproach, blame; [ae]t at + w[=i]tan to reproach, blame; originally, to observe, see, hence, to observe what is wrong (cf. the meanings of E …
10Day by Day (TV series) — This article is about the American sitcom. For the UK regional news magazine, see Southern Television. Day By Day Day by Day title screen Format Sitcom Created by Andy Borowitz …
