wry

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

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

   “'"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs.”

2. sıfat Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic, usually in a way that suggests acknowledgement of a problem or difficult situation.

   “"[T]he master says a wry word now and then; and so ye let your spirits go down, don't ye see, and all sorts o' fancies comes into your head."”

3. sıfat Twisted, bent, crooked.
4. sıfat Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.

   “Catherine hath made a wry stitch in her broidery, when she was thinking of something else than her work.”

5. fiil To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.

   “God pricketh them of his great goodness still. And the grief of this great pang pincheth them at the heart, and of wickedness they wry away.”

6. fiil To divert; to cause to turn away.
7. fiil To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
8. isim Distortion.
9. fiil To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.