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Antonyms for wry

Grammar : Adj
Spell : rahy
Phonetic Transcription : raɪ


Definition of wry

Origin :
  • 1520s, "distorted, somewhat twisted," from obsolete verb wry "to contort, to twist or turn," from Old English wrigian "to turn, bend, move, go," from Proto-Germanic *wrig- (cf. Old Frisian wrigia "to bend," Middle Low German wrich "turned, twisted"), from PIE *wreik- "to turn" (cf. Greek rhoikos "crooked," Lithuanian raisas "paralysed"), from root *wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus). Of words, thoughts, etc., from 1590s. The original sense is preserved in awry.
  • adj sarcastic, distorted
Example sentences :
  • "Oh, I'll apologize," he said with a wry smile of discomfiture.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • "She is very like a boiled sole," answered the Vicomte, with a wry face.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Once he raised his head for a moment, while his lips were fixed in a wry smile.
  • Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
  • "I've had vague promises from Wilcox," Sira said, with a wry smile.
  • Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl
  • Wilding looked at Trenchard, who shrugged his shoulders and made a wry face.
  • Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
  • "If they've got chocolates in them," he replied with a wry grin, and she laughed.
  • Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
  • "Ah, I know it well," said Dalton, with a wry contortion of the face.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • At this announcement I saw the four girls pulling a wry face.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • Zeb whistled, and then made a wry face on account of the pain in his leg.
  • Extract from : « Rodney, the Ranger » by John V. Lane
  • "I guess it is not as well as I thought," admitted Armande with a wry smile.
  • Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay

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