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   Wry

   /rī/

   

   adjective

   • 1. using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humor: "a wry smile" Similar ironicsardonicsatiricalmockingscoffingsneeringderisivescornfulsarcasticdouble-edgeddrydrollwittyhumorousinformal:sarky
   • 2. (of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance. Similar disgusteddispleaseddiscontentedoffendedunimpressedannoyedirritatedirkedvexedpiquednettledput outdisgruntledinformal:peevednarkedhacked offcheesed offsoreticked offteed offvulgar slang:pissed off
   • 3. (of the neck or features) distorted or turned to one side: archaic "a remedy for wry necks"

   Word Origin early 16th century (in the sense ‘contorted’): from Old English wrīgian ‘tend, incline’, in Middle English ‘deviate, swerve, contort’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. wryness noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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