Sekirov Dictionary

amiss

/əˈmɪs/

adverb 3
adjective 1
noun 1
forms 3

adverb3

Astray.
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Wrongly; mistakenly
- We shall not do amiss to notice, also, that in ordinary conversation, a few words are used as Turkish singulars, which are, in reality, Arabic plurals; but this is not correct in writing. — 1856
Imperfectly.

adjective[after a verb]1

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Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
- He suspected something was amiss.
- Something amiss in the arrangements had distracted the staff.

noun1

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(no longer used) Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.
- Now by my head (said Guyon) much I muse, / How that same knight should do so foule amis[…]. — 1590

forms

amisses · more amiss · most amiss

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