wry
/ri/ • 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 wryly adverb wryness noun. — ORIGIN from an Old English word meaning tend, incline , later swerve, contort .
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