[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wry \wry\, v. t. as. wre'on.
   to cover. obs.
   1913 webster

         wrie you in that mantle.                 --chaucer.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wry \wry\, a. compar. wrier; superl. wriest. akin to oe.
   wrien to twist, to bend, as. wrigian to tend towards, to
   drive.
   1913 webster
   1. turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected;
      out of place; as, wry words.
      1913 webster

            not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who
            never take up an old idea without some extravagance
            in its application.                   --landor.
      1913 webster

   3. wrested; perverted.
      1913 webster

            he . . . puts a wry sense upon protestant writers.
                                                  --atterbury.
      1913 webster

   wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating
      impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
      1913 webster
see also:
wrier wriest wry face 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wry \wry\, v. i.
   1. to twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
      1913 webster

   2. to deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to
      turn side; to swerve.
      1913 webster

            this phebus gan awayward for to wryen. --chaucer.
      1913 webster

            how many
            must murder wives much better than themselves
            for wrying but a little              --shak.
      1913 webster

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

wry \wry\, v. t. imp.  p. p. wried; p. pr.  vb. n.
   wrying. oe. wrien. see wry, a.
   to twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. --sir p.
   sidney.
   1913 webster

         guests by hundreds, not one caring
         if the dear host's neck were wried.      --r. browning.
   1913 webster
see also:
wried wrying wry 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

wry
     adj 1: 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" syn: dry, ironic, ironical
     2: bent to one side; "a wry neck"
     3: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
        "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all
        great satirists"- frank schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to
        be...reminded of all that one is missing"- irwin edman
        syn: sardonic
     also: wried, wryest, wryer, wriest, wrier
see also:
dry ironic ironical sardonic wried wryest 
wryer wriest wrier 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

23 moby thesaurus words for "wry":
   agee, agee-jawed, askance, askant, askew, askewgee, asquint, awry,
   catawampous, catawamptious, cockeyed, crooked, cynical, ironic,
   skew, skew-jawed, skewed, slaunchways, squinting, wamper-jawed,
   wrest, wring, yaw-ways

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