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    wry face
    [ noun ]
    a disdainful grimace
    <noun.communication>


    Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. {Wrier}; superl. {Wriest}.] [Akin to OE.
    wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to
    drive.]
    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.

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