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rʌɪ/
adj.
(wryer, wryest or wrier, wriest)
- using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour.
- (of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
- bending or twisted to one side.
Derivative
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘contorted’): from OE wrīgian ‘tend, incline’, in ME ‘deviate, swerve, contort’.
