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Astray   /əstrˈeɪ/   Listen
Astray

adverb
1.
Away from the right path or direction.
2.
Far from the intended target.  Synonym: wide.  "A bullet went astray and killed a bystander"



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"Astray" Quotes from Famous Books



... Strategy," it was not in any way my intention to draw anything like an exact parallel between the manoeuvres on the chess-board and military operations in actual warfare. In trying to seek such analogies there is great danger of being led astray, and little likelihood of gaining knowledge that might be of use in practical play. Plain common-sense will give us all we need, without our being influenced by those tactical and strategical considerations that have been found ...
— Chess Strategy • Edward Lasker
... greater convenience in thinking. Such is, however, not the case with man. If the human mind were to attempt to examine and pass a judgment on all the individual cases before it, the immensity of detail would soon lead it astray and bewilder its discernment: in this strait, man has recourse to an imperfect but necessary expedient, which at once assists and demonstrates his weakness. Having superficially considered a certain number of objects, and remarked their resemblance, he assigns to them a common name, ...
— Democracy In America, Volume 2 (of 2) • Alexis de Tocqueville
... almost as numerous as the rules; but if the beginner will accept as a guide the appended hints, it is thought they will not lead him far astray. ...
— The Laws of Euchre - As adopted by the Somerset Club of Boston, March 1, 1888 • H. C. Leeds
... PRIMROSE was born of honest parents, in the village of Anfield, in the county of —-" [William started at the name of the village and county]; "but being led astray by the arts and flattery of seducing man, she fell from the paths of virtue, and took to bad company, which instilled into her young heart all their evil ways, and at length brought her to this untimely end. So ...
— Nature and Art • Mrs. Inchbald
... peaks about which the clouds always seemed to hover, about him were giant trees which seemed to be hundreds of years old and as he walked on the shadows stretched deep and mysterious before him so that he might well pause for fear of going astray ...
— The Hilltop Boys - A Story of School Life • Cyril Burleigh


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