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adjective

Wry adj. (compar. wryer or wrier; superl. wryest or wriest)

Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.

Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words. "Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application."

Wrested; perverted. "He... puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers."

Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

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Etymology of 'Wry face'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Wry face" Quotes from Famous Books

... little worried myself that something might upset me just then. But luck favored me, you know. I'm more than glad, because it would have given my mother a bad shock if I'd been trampled on. But please drop that subject, old fellow," said Paul, making a wry face. ...

— The Banner Boy Scouts - Or, The Struggle for Leadership • George A. Warren

... the name was very different from the kumyss I had tasted in the establissements of Samara. There it was a pleasant effervescing drink, with only the slightest tinge of acidity; here it was a "still" liquid, strongly resembling very thin and very sour butter-milk. My Russian friend made a wry face on first tasting it, and I felt inclined at first to do likewise, but noticing that his grimaces made an unfavourable impression on the audience, I restrained my facial muscles, and looked as if I liked it. Very soon I really came to like it, ...

— Russia • Donald Mackenzie Wallace

... at the table was often vacant, but no one asked where he had been. New guests filled the board, for D'Argenton kept open house; yet the poet was by no means generous in his hospitality, and when Charlotte would say to him, timidly, "I am out of money, my friend," he would reply by a wry face and the word, "Already?" But vanity was stronger than avarice, and the pleasure of patronizing his old friends, the Bohemians, with whom he had formerly lived, carried the day. They all knew that he had a pleasant home, that the air was good and the table ...

— Jack - 1877 • Alphonse Daudet

... a wry face. "Not long ago Edward would have me believe that the Dunlops, father and son, were endowed with uncommon mental power. Now it appears that the mother is similarly gifted. My poor child hasn't brains enough to keep her from riding ...

— An Algonquin Maiden - A Romance of the Early Days of Upper Canada • G. Mercer Adam

... Pen, faithfully to the minute, did make her appearance in the boot-house. She drank off her first glass of vinegar with a wry face; but after it was swallowed she began to feel intensely good and ...

— Girls of the Forest • L. T. Meade

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