wry

  1. Verb.  (obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
  2. Verb.  (obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face etc.).
  4. Adjective.  Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
  5. Adjective.  Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic.
  6. Adjective.  Twisted, bent, crooked.

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