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Pronunciation : Wry
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [AS. wre?n.]
Definition : Defn: To cover. [Obs.] Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Wry
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Akin to OE. wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to drive.]
Definition : 1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.

2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words. Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application. Landor.

3. Wrested; perverted. He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers. Atterbury. Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

[Compar. Wrier; superl. Wriest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Wry
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve. This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. Chaucer. How many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but a little! Shak.

i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Wry
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [OE. wrien. See Wry, a.]
Definition : Defn: To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. Sir P. Sidney. Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's neck were wried. R. Browning.

t. [imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913