Associations to the word «Astray»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
ASTRAY, adverb. In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.
Dictionary definition
ASTRAY, adverb. Away from the right path or direction; "he was led astray".
ASTRAY, adverb. Far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.