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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wriest
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
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wry
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wriest
Wry
\Wry\, a. [Compar.
Wrier; superl.
Wriest.] [Akin to OE.
wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to
drive.]
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1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
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2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
out of place; as, wry words.
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Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who
never take up an old idea without some extravagance
in its application. --Landor.
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3. Wrested; perverted.
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He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
--Atterbury.
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Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating
impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
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