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Qué (quién) es wry - definición
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Wry; WRY (disambiguation)
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
wry
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¦ adjective (wryer, wryest or wrier, wriest)
1. using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.
2. (of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
3. bending or twisted to one side.
Derivatives
wryly adverb
wryness noun
Origin
C16 (in the sense 'contorted'): from OE wrigian 'tend, incline', in ME 'deviate, swerve, contort'.
wry
a.
Distorted, twisted, crooked, askew, awry, on one side, turned to one side.
Ejemplos de uso de 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.