- Wryness
- Wryness Wry"ness, n. The quality or state of being wry, or distorted. --W. Montagu. [1913 Webster]
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Wryness
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wryness — wry ► ADJECTIVE (wryer, wryest or wrier, wriest) 1) using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour. 2) (of a person s face) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance. 3) bending or twisted to one side. DERIVATIVES … English terms dictionary
wryness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being wry big in the way it treats human beings with a wryness born of compassion Eric Goldman … Useful english dictionary
wryness — noun see wry II … New Collegiate Dictionary
wryness — See wryly. * * * … Universalium
wryness — noun The state of being wry … Wiktionary
wryness — n. state of being distorted; state of being twisted; state of being falsified; irony, bitterness … English contemporary dictionary
wryness — wry·ness … English syllables
wryness — See: wry … English dictionary
wry — I. verb (wried; wrying) Etymology: Middle English wrien, from Old English wrigian to turn; akin to Middle High German rigel kerchief wound around the head, Greek rhiknos shriveled, Avestan urvisyeiti he turns Date: 14th century intransitive verb… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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