WRY, adjective 1. Twisted; turned to one side; distorted; as a wry neck; a wry mouth. 2. Deviating from the right direction; as wry words. 3. Wrested; perverted; as, to put a wry sense on an authors words. WRY, verb intransitive To be writhed or distorted. [Not used.] WRY, verb transitive To distort; to wrest. [Not used.]
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