Agley
off the right line; awry; wrong.
historical examples
fate may have had a similar plan for goethe; if so, it went all agley.
and even now max beerbohm
but like some other “plans of mice and men” this went “agley.”
lyman’s history of old walla walla county, vol. 1 (of 2) william denison lyman
adverb, adjective
(scot) awry; askew
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