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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'.