Noah Webster
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.]