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Wryness

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wry  (r)
adj. wri·er (rr) or wry·er, wri·est (rst) or wry·est
1. Dryly humorous, often with a touch of irony.
2. Temporarily twisted in an expression of distaste or displeasure: made a wry face.
3. Abnormally twisted or bent to one side; crooked: a wry nose.
4. Being at variance with what is right, proper, or suitable; perverse.
[From Middle English wrien, to turn, from Old English wrgian; see wer-2 in Indo-European roots.]
wryly adv.
wryness n.


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Though Mr Rugg saw plainly there was no preventing this from being done, still the wryness of his face and the uneasiness of his limbs so sorely required the propitiation of a Protest, that he made one.
Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context
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