| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·miss |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -m s |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Out of proper order: What is amiss? 2. Not in perfect shape; faulty. | | ADVERB: | In an improper, defective, unfortunate, or mistaken way. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English amis, probably from Old Norse  mis, so as to miss : , on; see an- in Appendix I + mis, act of missing; see mei-1 in Appendix I. | | SYNONYMS: | amiss, afield, astray, awry, wrong These adverbs mean not in the right or expected way: spoke amiss; straying far afield; afraid the letter would go astray; thinking awry; plans that went wrong. | | ANTONYM: | aright
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