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Wry

Wry | Wryly

Wry meaning

Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). | Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. | Twisted, bent, crooked.

Example sentences (20)

Although increasingly deaf, Philip displayed his trademark wry wit.

From her reaction – a wry, fatalistic smile – I realised that she was not surprised that she had AIDS and later learned from others of how she had become increasingly ill.

Gallagher, with a wry smile on his face, snapped back: “It wasn’t as good as last time.

Kenny Leon directs this Broadway revival of ’s wry two-hander about a pair of Black brothers whose names bind them together and set them up for rivalry.

Known for his wry, subtle humor and deft wordplay, Harnick died in his sleep Friday in New York City of natural causes.

On Sunday, he announced that he had tested negative in a long and wry statement on Twitter.

Standing 6-foot-3, with a wry sense of humor and elegant taste in clothes, Mr. Apraxine fit the part of the shrewd courtier.

They’re perhaps less captivating, without the wry, grounding wit of the likes of Keane and Neville, but they show a man who became a symbol trying to work out what to do with the rest of his life.

With a sly smile and wry sense of humor, he left an indelible mark wherever he went.

You are determined, resolute, ambitious, materialistic, sarcastic, wry, private, and scornful of silly, fanciful whimsy.

Delpy grounds her with gentle humor and a wry intelligence.

Did McHugh have a wry chuckle at this particular scene?

In terms of a musical about-face, Courtney Barnett – the Australian singer-songwriter known for wry, observational storytelling – releasing an album of improvised, instrumental guitar music isn’t quite “Dylan goes electric”.

Jessica Reinl sings a soulful “Shallow”, Jack Cunningham’s dancers strut their stuff to Richie’s “Dancing Fool” and comedian Tony “The Hurler” Kelly entertains with some wry observations on the Easter period.

One Hundred Years of Insanity is a remarkable resource, crammed full of matter yet leavened by Lloyd’s trademark wry humour and quotations from the Eagles and Tom Lehrer.

She had a wry sense of humor and a unique ability to play with words, creating funny and clever nicknames and expressions to describe the people and places she encountered.

The wry tubas and trombones that accentuate the opening section.

With Plympton’s signature wry humor and singularly bizarre transformations of the human form, this is an ideal edition for fans and newcomers alike; another animated gem, newly restored, from Deaf Crocodile.

Alpert’s wry humor figures into the film, too, as in a scene where the then-84-year-old carefully doles out a regimented meal and jokes that this is how he manages to keep looking 83.

And the TV cameras caught Mourinho clearly saying something to the Red Devils star, presumably in Portuguese, before breaking into his trademark wry smile.