C1adjective · rare

wry

wry · wrier · wriest

сухий

искажённый, язвительный, скривившийся, искривлённый

verdreht, ironisch, sarkastisch, gewunden

Turned away, contortedTurned away, contorted (of the face or body).

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/ɹaɪ/

» Tom gave me a wry smile.

Том криво улыбнулся мне. — RusVictoric1993

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Meaning

4 senses

Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
verdreht
искажённыйiskažónnyj, скривившийсяskrivivšijsja
Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic, usually in a way that suggests acknowledgement of a problem or difficult situation.
sarkastisch, ironisch
язвительныйjazvitelʹnyj
Twisted, bent, crooked.
verdreht, gewunden
искривлённыйiskrivljónnyj
bent to one side
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.

Examples

7 sentences

Tom gave me a wry smile.
ruТом криво улыбнулся мне. — RusVictoric1993
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Tom had a wry smile on his face.
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Your wry insolence will not be rewarded.
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His interjection prompts wry laughs and nervousness.
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Mary looks to you with a wry, respectful smile.
ruМэри смотрит на тебя с кривой уважительной улыбкой. — corvard
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Translations

4 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

contorted:

dryly humorous:

twisted:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

contorted:

dryly humorous:

twisted:

Origin

From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, st

From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle.

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