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Definition of Amiss
1. Adverb. Away from the correct or expected course. "Something went badly amiss in the preparations"
2. Adjective. Not functioning properly. "Something is wrong with the engine"
3. Adverb. In an improper or mistaken or unfortunate manner. "No one took it amiss when she spoke frankly"
4. Adverb. In an imperfect or faulty way. "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"
Definition of Amiss
1. adv. Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill.
2. a. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.
3. n. A fault, wrong, or mistake.
Definition of Amiss
1. Adjective. Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice. ¹
2. Adverb. (archaic) Mistakenly ¹
3. Adverb. (archaic) Astray ¹
4. Adverb. (archaic) Wrongly. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Amiss
1. being out of proper order [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Amiss
Literary usage of Amiss
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thesaurus of English words and phrases by Peter Mark Roget (1883)
"Adv. well, aright, satisfactorily, favourably, not amiss ; all for the best ...
Adv. amiss, -wrong, ill, to ruin &c. (destruction) 162 ; adversity &c. ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1849)
"That thou art penitent for thy amiss, p. 5S- Doth challenge pardon for thy ...
176 : She arms her boldly to this great amiss. and again in the same poem, 1. ..."
3. A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the use of students by John R. Clark Hall (1916)
"... transgress, do amiss, err, JnL,LL,W. ['misdo'] raise = mese ... to bear amiss,
not to listen to, disobey, RB,W. ['mishear' ; hieran] ..."
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