How to pronounce“wry”in English
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Definitions of “wry”
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
“'"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs.”
Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic, usually in a way that suggests acknowledgement of a problem or difficult situation.
“"[T]he master says a wry word now and then; and so ye let your spirits go down, don't ye see, and all sorts o' fancies comes into your head."”
To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
“God pricketh them of his great goodness still. And the grief of this great pang pincheth them at the heart, and of wickedness they wry away.”
To divert; to cause to turn away.
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