Definition of wry

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Wry (v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.

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Mouth :: Mouth (n.) A wry face; a grimace; a mow.
Askew :: Askew (adv. & a.) Awry; askance; asquint; oblique or obliquely; -- sometimes indicating scorn, or contempt, or entry..
Wry :: Wry (v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
Fleer :: Fleer () To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout..
Dowry :: Dowry (n.) A gift; endowment.
Contort :: Contort (v. t.) To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest..
Mop :: Mop (v. i.) To make a wry mouth.
Dower :: Dower (n.) That which a woman brings to a husband in marriage; dowry.
Long-tongue :: Long-tongue (n.) The wryneck.
Avowry :: Avowry (n.) The act of the distrainer of goods, who, in an action of replevin, avows and justifies the taking in his own right..
Wry :: Wry (superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth..
Contortion :: Contortion (n.) A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face..
Wrybill :: Wrybill (n.) See Crookbill.
Moe :: Moe (n.) A wry face or mouth; a mow.
Wrynecked :: Wrynecked (a.) Having a distorted neck; having the deformity called wryneck.
Camously :: Camously (adv.) Awry.
Wrythen :: Wrythen (p. p.) Writhen.
Atwirl :: Atwirl (a. & adv.) Twisted; distorted; awry.
Skew :: Skew (adv.) Awry; obliquely; askew.
Across :: Across (adv.) Obliquely; athwart; amiss; awry.
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