Associations to the word «Astray»

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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne