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wry - translation to English
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Wry; WRY (disambiguation)
wry
torcido
ladeado
tergiversado
wry neck: tortícolis
ladeado
tergiversado
wry neck: tortícolis
humor seco y burlesco
wry
wryneck
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GENUS OF WOODPECKERS
Eurasian wyneck; Red-breasted Wryneck; Red-breasted wryneck; Wrynecks; Wry-Neck; Jynginae; Jynx (genus); Jynx (bird); Wry-neck
tortícolis
torcecuello
ave trepadora, de unos 16 centímetros de largo, de color pardo jaspeado de negro y rojo en el lomo, alas y cola, amarillento en el cuello y pecho, y blanquecino con rayas negras en el vientre, que se alimenta de insectos, principalmente de hormigas
torcecuello
ave trepadora, de unos 16 centímetros de largo, de color pardo jaspeado de negro y rojo en el lomo, alas y cola, amarillento en el cuello y pecho, y blanquecino con rayas negras en el vientre, que se alimenta de insectos, principalmente de hormigas
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
1. "We‘re one big family," Vaknin says with a wry smile.
2. "Don‘t speed up there," she warned with a wry smile.
3. He mentions former governor Eliot Spitzer with a wry smile.
4. Pachachi‘s wry presence saves an otherwise dry film.
5. Faye works hard at maintaining a wry, detached personna.