Look up: Wry


  1. wry
    [adj] - bent to one side
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=wry

  2. Wry
    Wry transitive verb [ Anglo-Saxon wreón .] To cover. [ Obsolete] « Wrie you in that mantle.» Chaucer.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/56

  3. Wry
    Wry adjective [ Compar. Wrier ; superl. Wriest .] [ Akin to Middle English wrien to twist, to bend, Anglo-Saxon wrigian to tend towards, to drive.] 1. Turned to one si...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/56

  4. Wry
    Wry intransitive verb 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...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/56

  5. Wry
    Wry transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Wried ; present participle & verbal noun Wrying .] [ Middle English wrien . See Wry , adjective ] T...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/56

  6. wry
    adjective bent to one side; `a wry neck`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=wry

  7. Wry
    • (superl.) Wrested; perverted. • (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words. • (v. t.) To cover. • (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve. • (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/wry/

  8. wry
    1) Askew 2) Bent to one side 3) Bitterly amusing 4) Contorted 5) Contorted&slash;to contort 6) Crooked 7) Distort 8) Distorted 9) Droll 10) Dry 11) Dryly amusing 12) Dryly humorous 13) Grimly humorous 14)
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/wry/1

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