wry
1
7.0
- adjective
- /raɪ/
:
torcido
- His eyes and hair were as dark, his mouth as wry, lips deep-indented at the corners.
- a wry smile
- a wry neck
Examples
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But suddenly, the image of her wry glance from beneath the slant of hair leaped into my mind.
Fiction book (2002) -
Cheever's wry dissection of the weary inhabitants of the Upper East Side has especially gratified my own view from my fifth-floor walk-up on East 43rd.
Fiction book (1995) -
Now he directed his words to the little woman in black with the wry smile.
Fiction book (2002) -
Pretty green eyes and a wry, cockeyed smile.
Fiction book (2002) -
Only a ghost, she thought with wry self-mockery.
Fiction book (2002) -
"They've been notified all right," Sam said in a wry tone.
Fiction book (2002) -
Cortland had asked, a wry tilt to his small head.
Fiction book (2002) -
He lifted a wry eyebrow.
Fiction book (2002) -
"Graham paused, pushed his arm over his brow again, and shot his brother a wry look.
Fiction book (2002) -
He gave her a wry smile, as if he found the situation amusing despite its seriousness.
Synonyms
58
2.5
Not straight in shape, like a path or a smile
13
6.0
Not straight or level and turned to one side
1
7.6
Tilted to one side and not straight
Antonyms
Compounds
How Bent
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wry originally meant 'twisted' or bent to one side, the same idea you get when you wring cloth. That's why we use wry to describe something physically bent or a face that looks pulled out of shape.