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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
wryest
See wry
WordNet (r) 2.0
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