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Wry


WRY, adjective

1. Twisted; turned to one side; distorted; as a wry neck; a wry mouth.

2. Deviating from the right direction; as wry words.

3. Wrested; perverted; as, to put a wry sense on an authors words.

WRY, verb intransitive To be writhed or distorted. [Not used.]

WRY, verb transitive To distort; to wrest. [Not used.]