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wriest |
1 definition found 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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