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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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}]

wriest
     See {wry}
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