'Wry' definitions:

Definition of 'wry'

From: WordNet
adjective
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, wry]
adjective
Bent to one side; "a wry neck"

Definition of 'Wry'

From: GCIDE
  • Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. Wrier; superl. Wriest.] [Akin to OE. wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to drive.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words. [1913 Webster]
  • Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Wrested; perverted. [1913 Webster]
  • He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wry'

From: GCIDE
  • Wry \Wry\, v. i.
  • 1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve. [1913 Webster]
  • This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • How many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but a little! --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wry'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's neck were wried. --R. Browning. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wry'

From: GCIDE
  • Wry \Wry\, v. t. [AS. wre['o]n.] To cover. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Wrie you in that mantle. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'wry'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Wry'