Wry /(?)/

Wry

v. t.
  1. To cover. [Obs.]
    Wrie you in that mantle.

Wry

a.
  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.
  3. Wrested; perverted.
    He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.

Phrases & Compounds

Wry face
a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.

Wry

v. 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.
    How many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but a little!

Wry

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrying

  1. To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
    Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's neck were wried.