Wrier

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. {Wrier}; superl. {Wriest}.] [Akin to OE.
     wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to
     drive.]
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     1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
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     2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
        out of place; as, wry words.
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              Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who
              never take up an old idea without some extravagance
              in its application.                   --Landor.
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     3. Wrested; perverted.
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              He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
                                                    --Atterbury.
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     {Wry face}, a distortion of the countenance indicating
        impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wry
       adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
              remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";
              "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry
              Scottish wit" [syn: {dry}, {ironic}, {ironical}]
       2: bent to one side; "a wry neck"
       3: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
          "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all
          great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to
          be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
          [syn: {sardonic}]
       [also: {wried}, {wryest}, {wryer}, {wriest}, {wrier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wrier
       See {wry}