Wry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Wry	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Wry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wry adj 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" Synonym(s): dry, ironic, ironical, wry bent to one side; "a wry neck"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wry \Wry\, v. i. 1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind. 2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve. This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. --Chaucer. How many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but a little! --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's neck were wried. --R. Browning.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wry \Wry\, v. t. [AS. wre[a2]n.] To cover. [Obs.] Wrie you in that mantle. --Chaucer.
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.