Dictionary Entry
wry
wry is a 3-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To cover. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
3 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To cover.
- 2superlative
Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
- 3superlative
Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
- 4superlative
Wrested; perverted.
- 5intransitive verb
To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
- 6intransitive verb
To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
- 7adjective
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
- 8adjective
humorously sarcastic or mocking
"dry humor"
"an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"
- 9adjective
bent to one side
"a wry neck"
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