Wry

Quick meaning: Wry is an adjective meaning Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

Meaning

Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

More Meanings

1. Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
2. Twisted, bent, crooked.
3. Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
4. (transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
5. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.
7. (regional) Distortion.

Example Sentences

“Humph! Had to,” said Pep with a wry grimace.

'"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs.

Catherine hath made a wry stitch in her broidery, when she was thinking of something else than her work.

. . . the wry rigour of our neighbours, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.

Word Forms

• wryer
• wryest
• wrying

Synonyms for wry

Depending on context, synonyms include droll, sardonic, crooked, sarcastic, humorous, dry.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include crooked, sarcastic, sardonic, humourous, ironical, ironic.

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