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 Wry a. [Compar. Wrier superl. Wriest.]
 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 face
      n : a disdainful pouting grimace [syn: pout, moue]