Category:Wry

Wry, v. t. Etym: [as. wreón.]

Defn: to cover. [obs.] Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer.

Wry Wry, a. [compar. Wrier; superl. Wriest.] Etym: [akin to oe. wrien to Twist, to bend, as. wrigian to tend towards, to drive.]

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

2. 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. Landor.

3. Wrested; perverted. He. . . puts a wry sense upon protestant writers. Atterbury. Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, Disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

Wry Wry, v. i.

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 many must murder wives much better than themselves for wrying but A little! Shak.

Wry Wry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrying.] Etym: [oe. Wrien. See wry, a.]

Defn: to twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. Sir p. Sidney. Guests by hundreds, not one caring if the dear host's neck were Wried. R. Browning.