5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wry  \Wry\,  v.  t.  [AS.  wre['o]n.] 
  To  cover.  [Obs.] 
 
  Wrie  you  in  that  mantle.  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wry  \Wry\,  a.  [Compar.  {Wrier};  superl.  {Wriest}.]  [Akin  to  OE 
  wrien  to  twist,  to  bend,  AS  wrigian  to  tend  towards,  to 
  drive.] 
  1.  Turned  to  one  side  twisted;  distorted;  as  a  wry  mouth. 
 
  2.  Hence  deviating  from  the  right  direction;  misdirected; 
  out  of  place  as  wry  words 
 
  Not  according  to  the  wry  rigor  of  our  neighbors,  who 
  never  take  up  an  old  idea  without  some  extravagance 
  in  its  application.  --Landor. 
 
  3.  Wrested;  perverted. 
 
  He  .  .  .  puts  a  wry  sense  upon  Protestant  writers. 
  --Atterbury. 
 
  {Wry  face},  a  distortion  of  the  countenance  indicating 
  impatience,  disgust,  or  discomfort;  a  grimace. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wry  \Wry\,  v.  i. 
  1.  To  twist;  to  writhe;  to  bend  or  wind. 
 
  2.  To  deviate  from  the  right  way  to  go  away  or  astray;  to 
  turn  side  to  swerve. 
 
  This  Phebus  gan  awayward  for  to  wryen.  --Chaucer. 
 
  How  many  Must  murder  wives  much  better  than 
  themselves  For  wrying  but  a  little!  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wry  \Wry\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Wried};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Wrying}.]  [OE.  wrien.  See  {Wry},  a.] 
  To  twist;  to  distort;  to  writhe;  to  wrest;  to  vex.  --Sir  P. 
  Sidney. 
 
  Guests  by  hundreds,  not  one  caring  If  the  dear  host's 
  neck  were  wried.  --R.  Browning. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  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}] 

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