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Word: Astray
Speech Type: Adverb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘distant from the correct path’): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French estraie, past participle of estraier, based on Latin extra ‘out of bounds’ + vagari ‘wander’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈstreɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
away from the correct path or direction
Short Definition:away from correct path or direction
Examples:- we went astray but a man redirected us
Definition:
into error or morally questionable behaviour
Short Definition:into error or morally questionable behaviour
Examples:- he was led astray by boozy colleagues
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