WRY
\ɹˈa͡ɪ], \ɹˈaɪ], \ɹ_ˈaɪ]\
Definitions of WRY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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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
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bent to one side; "a wry neck"
By Princeton University
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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
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bent to one side; "a wry neck"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
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Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
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Wrested; perverted.
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To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
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To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
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To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
By Oddity Software
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Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
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Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
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Wrested; perverted.
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To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
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To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
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To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
By Noah Webster.
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Twisted; turned to one side; as, to make a wry face; distorted or changed in meaning; perverted; as, a wry statement.
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Wryly.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
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