wry

Etymology 1
From, from , from , from , from. Compare,.

Adjective

 * 1) Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
 * 2) Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
 * 3) Twisted, bent, crooked.
 * 4) Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
 * 5) * 1876, Walter Savage Landor, The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor, volume IV, Imaginary Conversations, Third Series: Dialogues of Literary Men, ch. 6—Milton and Andrew Marvel, page 155 (Google preview):
 * "en"
 * 1) Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
 * 2) * 1876, Walter Savage Landor, The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor, volume IV, Imaginary Conversations, Third Series: Dialogues of Literary Men, ch. 6—Milton and Andrew Marvel, page 155 (Google preview):
 * "en"
 * "en"

- . . . the wry rigour of our neighbours, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: pokřivený,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: poispäin kääntynyt
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, sarkastický
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian:
 * Romanian:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish:, , ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Maori: koronuke, hapa, hape, kōiheihe, korotuke
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: искривлённый

Verb

 * 1)  To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
 * 2)  To divert; to cause to turn away.
 * 3)  To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
 * 1)  To divert; to cause to turn away.
 * 2)  To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).

Translations

 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: kääntyä pois


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: johtaa harhaan
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Ottoman Turkish: بورمق
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:

Noun

 * 1)  Distortion.

Etymology 2
From, , , , from , from , from , from , from.

Verb

 * 1)  To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.