Definition of wry

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Wry (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words..

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Cowlick :: Cowlick (n.) A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow..
Mow :: Mow (n.) A wry face.
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words..
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) An advocate; a patron; a patron saint.
Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose..
Atwirl :: Atwirl (a. & adv.) Twisted; distorted; awry.
Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth..
Yunx :: Yunx (n.) A genus of birds comprising the wrynecks.
Tonguebird :: Tonguebird (n.) The wryneck.
Chowry :: Chowry (n.) A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies..
Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Turned or twisted toward one side; not in a straight or true direction, or position; out of the right course; distorted; obliquely; asquint; with oblique vision; as, to glance awry..
Skew :: Skew (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew.
Utlary :: Utlary (n.) Outlawry.
Wryneck :: Wryneck (n.) Any one of several species of Old World birds of the genus Jynx, allied to the woodpeckers; especially, the common European species (J. torguilla); -- so called from its habit of turning the neck around in different directions. Called also cuckoo's mate, snakebird, summer bird, tonguebird, and writheneck..
Wrythen :: Wrythen (p. p.) Writhen.
Awry :: Awry (adv. & a.) Aside from the line of truth, or right reason; unreasonable or unreasonably; perverse or perversely..
Wrie :: Wrie (a. & v.) See Wry.
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift or presents for the bride, on espousal. See Dower..
Proscription :: Proscription (n.) The act of proscribing; a dooming to death or exile; outlawry; specifically, among the ancient Romans, the public offer of a reward for the head of a political enemy; as, under the triumvirate, many of the best Roman citizens fell by proscription..
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