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Webster 1913 Edition

Wry

Wry

,
Verb.
T.
[AS.
wreón
.]
To cover.
[Obs.]
Wrie
you in that mantle.
Chaucer.

Wry

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Wrier
;
sup
erl.
Wriest
.]
[Akin to OE.
wrien
to twist, to bend, AS.
wrigian
to tend towards, to drive.]
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.

Wry

,
Verb.
I.
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!
Shakespeare

Wry

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wried
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wrying
.]
[OE.
wrien
. See
Wry
,
Adj.
]
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Wry

WRY

,
Adj.
1.
Twisted; turned to one side; distorted; as a wry neck; a wry mouth.
2.
Deviating from the right direction; as wry words.
3.
Wrested; perverted; as, to put a wry sense on an authors words.

WRY

,
Verb.
I.
To be writhed or distorted. [Not used.]

WRY

,
Verb.
T.
To distort; to wrest. [Not used.]

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