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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (2)

1. away from the right path or direction;
- Example: "he was led astray"

2. far from the intended target;
- Example: "the arrow went wide of the mark"
- Example: "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
[syn: wide, astray]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Astray \A*stray"\, adv. & a. [See Estray, Stray.]
   Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative
   sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
   [1913 Webster]

         Ye were as sheep going astray.           --1 Pet. ii.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

astray
    adv 1: away from the right path or direction; "he was led
           astray"
    2: far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the
       mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander" [syn:
       wide, astray]