wryness
1Wryness — Wry ness, n. The quality or state of being wry, or distorted. W. Montagu. [1913 Webster] …
2wryness — 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 …
3wryness — 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 …
4wryness — noun see wry II …
5wryness — See wryly. * * * …
6wryness — noun The state of being wry …
7wryness — n. state of being distorted; state of being twisted; state of being falsified; irony, bitterness …
8wryness — wry·ness …
9wryness — See: wry …
10wry — 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… …