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  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. 




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