Definitions
away from the right path or direction
Word origin
From Middle English astraien or by apheresis straien, from Old French estraier (“to stray”), from late Medieval Latin extravagari (“to wander beyond”), from Latin extra (“beyond”) + vagārī (“to wander, stray”).
Used in a sentence
“Go, set the storm-winds free, / And sink their ships or scatter them astray, / And strew their corpses forth, to weltering waves a prey.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Off the right path”6 letters
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