meaning of wry
1. To cover.
2. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
3. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
4. Wrested; perverted.
5. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
6. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
7. To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
8. 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"
Related Words
wry | wry face | wrybill | wrying | wryly | wrymouth | wryneck | wrynecked | wryness | wrythen |
