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verb (wries, wrying, wried)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
- (obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.
- (transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face etc.).
Translations:
adjective (wryer or wrier, wryest or wriest)
- Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
- dryly, Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic.
- twisted, Twisted, bent, crooked.
Translations: - Dutch: (t, nl, verdraaid), (t, nl, verwrongen)
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Etymology: From wrigian, wrÄÄian. Compare awry, wriggle.
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