Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wry \Wry\, v. t. [AS. wre['o]n.]
   To cover. [Obs.]

         Wrie you in that mantle.                 --Chaucer.

Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. {Wrier}; superl. {Wriest}.] [Akin to OE.
   wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to
   drive.]
   1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.

   2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
      out of place; as, wry words.

            Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who
            never take up an old idea without some extravagance
            in its application.                   --Landor.

   3. Wrested; perverted.

            He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
                                                  --Atterbury.

   {Wry face}, a distortion of the countenance indicating
      impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

Wry \Wry\, v. i.
   1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

   2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to
      turn side; to swerve.

            This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. --Chaucer.

            How many Must murder wives much better than
            themselves For wrying but a little!   --Shak.

Wry \Wry\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wried}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wrying}.] [OE. wrien. See {Wry}, a.]
   To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --Sir P.
   Sidney.

         Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's
         neck were wried.                         --R. Browning.

Source : WordNet®

wry
     adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
            remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";
            "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry
            Scottish wit" [syn: {dry}, {ironic}, {ironical}]
     2: bent to one side; "a wry neck"
     3: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
        "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all
        great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to
        be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
        [syn: {sardonic}]
     [also: {wried}, {wryest}, {wryer}, {wriest}, {wrier}]