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1. (adj.) wry
distorted; lopsided:
a wry grin.
2. wry
abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted.
3. wry
devious in course or purpose; misdirected.
4. wry
contrary; perverse.
5. wry
bitingly ironic or amusing:
a wry remark.
Etymology: (1515–25; adj. use of wry to twist, ME; OE wrīgian to go, strive, tend, swerve, c. OFris wrīgia to bend; akin to Gk rhoikós crooked)
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1. (adj) dry, ironic, ironical, wry
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"
2. (adj) wry
bent to one side
"a wry neck"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) wry
to twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex
2. wry
turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth
3. wry
hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words
4. wry
wrested; perverted
5. (verb) wry
to cover
6. (verb) wry
to twist; to writhe; to bend or wind
7. (verb) wry
to deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve
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Sense: slightly mocking
a wry smile.
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 Afrikaans: spottend |
 Arabic: بابْتِسامَةٍ ساخِرَه |
 Bulgarian: иронично шеговит |
 Brazilian: alterado / pervertido |
 Czech: ironický |
 German: schief |
 Danish: ironisk; spydig |
 Greek: ειρωνικός, χλευαστικός |
 Spanish: irónico |
 Estonian: viril |
 Farsi: کنایه آمیز؛ شیطنت آمیز |
 Finnish: pisteliäs |
 French: ironique |
 Hebrew: מָרִיר |
 Hindi: कटू |
 Croatian: kriv, podrugljiv |
 Hungarian: kényszeredett |
 Indonesian: sinis |
 Icelandic: kaldhæðnislegur |
 Italian: ironico |
 Japanese: 皮肉な |
 Korean: 얼굴을 찡그린 |
 Lithuanian: kreivas, iškreiptas |
 Latvian: (par sejas izteiksmi) skā |
 Malay: sinis |
 Dutch: wrang |
 Norwegian: skjev (smil), tørr (humor |
 Polish: krzywy |
 Persian: کنایه آمیز؛ شیطنت آمیز |
 Pashto: نښتېحل، پېچل، تاوول: په ز |
 Portuguese: trocista |
 Romanian: ironic |
 Russian: насмешливый |
 Slovak: uštipačný |
 Slovenian: ironičen |
 Serbian: zajedljiv |
 Swedish: ironisk, spydig |
 Thai: บิดเบี้ยว |
 Turkish: biraz alaycı |
 Taiwanese: 苦笑，嘲諷 |
 Ukrainian: перекошений |
 Urdu: طنزیہ |
 Vietnamese: nhăn nhở |
 Chinese: 苦笑，撇嘴 |
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