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wry look - translation to russian
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Wry; WRY (disambiguation)
wry look
взгляд искоса
wry
[rai]
общая лексика
искривленный
кривой
перекошенный
прилагательное
[rai]
общая лексика
кривой
перекошенный
выражающий неудовольствие
отвращение
иронический
насмешливый
неправильный
ложный
искажённый
извращённый
кривой, перекошенный
противоречивый
искаженный
глагол
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wry
wry adj. 1) кривой, перекошенный; to make a wry face/mouth - сделать кислую мину; a wry smile - кривая улыбка 2) неправильный; противоречивый; искаженный
Definition
wry
1.
If someone has a wry expression, it shows that they find a bad situation or a change in a situation slightly amusing.
Matthew allowed himself a wry smile...
ADJ: usu ADJ n
2.
A wry remark or piece of writing refers to a bad situation or a change in a situation in an amusing way.
There is a wry sense of humour in his work.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
Examples of use of wry look
1. The wry look at the foibles of family life offered a mixture of the serious, touching and sometimes bizarre.
2. Mr Damazer said of his decision last December to ditch Home Truths that it had proved impossible to replace the much–loved Peel and his wry look at family life, and that it made more sense to look for a new programme to fill the slot.
3. When I ask if he still enjoys writing, he offers a wry look. ‘The standard answer is, "No I don‘t like doing this, but it feels so good when I stop." But over the course of my life, I‘ve tried to make sure that whatever I was doing, I knew why I was doing it.
