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a wry neck.
Examples of wry
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A wry smile and a cheeky flick of Quest's suspenders and Dita has him convinced.
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He provides the movie with a wry wit as well as some of its more moving moments.
From the dispatch.com
Then there was the wry smile of Kavneet Sandhu when she learned of the fee hike.
From the fresnobee.com
Alcott is portrayed as a wry, attractive free-thinker who was ahead of her time.
From the bloomberg.com
This monkey-see, monkey-do tendency renders the father wry and the mother weary.
From the time.com
Still, the Japanese and Texans have learned to accept each other with wry humor.
From the time.com
Even his opponent Davydenko couldn't help but crack a wry smile at the outburst.
From the keepingscore.blogs.time.com
They're known for spectacular illusions, wry humor and a prodigious work ethic.
From the latimes.com
It's positively juvenile, even if it is encased in a wry, elderly English accent.
From the orlandosentinel.com
- Dry: 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"
- Bent to one side; "a wry neck"
- To turn (away); to swerve or deviate; To divert; to cause to turn away; To twist or contort (the body, face etc.); Turned away, contorted (of the face or body); Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic; Twisted, bent, crooked
- (wryness) The state of being wry
- (wrily) In a wry manner
- (coinage... "wried and twisted constellations")
- A wry mouth or wry bite occurs when one side of the jaw grows more than the other.
