Definitions for: Wry


[adj] 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"
[adj] 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
[adj] bent to one side; "a wry neck"



Webster (1913) Definition: Wry, v. t. [AS. wre['o]n.]
To cover. [Obs.]

Wrie you in that mantle. --Chaucer.


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, 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, 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.

Synonyms: crooked, dry, humorous, humourous, ironic, ironical, sarcastic, sardonic

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