dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/wry_MW.json

{
  "wry":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": bent, twisted, or turned usually abnormally to one side":[
        "a wry nose"
      ],
      ": cleverly and often ironically or grimly humorous":[
        "a wry wit"
      ],
      ": made by a deliberate distortion of the facial muscles often to express irony or mockery":[
        "a wry smile"
      ],
      ": to pull out of or as if out of proper shape : make awry":[],
      ": twist , writhe":[],
      ": wrongheaded sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "His books are noted for their wry humor.",
      "When I asked her how she felt after winning the race, she gave me a wry smile and said, \u201cPretty tired.\u201d",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
      "That can have the effect of Trump impersonator Sarah Cooper delivering a cartoon TikTok; the humor largely comes from attaching Trump\u2019s utterances to wry new visuals. \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Oct. 2020",
      "Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
      "Fey is a delight in this sequence, her wry pompousness accented with a wink. \u2014 Lauren Puckett-pope, ELLE , 28 June 2022",
      "His poems always sounded to me like the city feels at its best \u2014 cosmopolitan, wry , romantic, full of potential, gimlet-eyed without being mean. \u2014 New York Times , 22 June 2022",
      "Suddenly everyday people who had never heard of Celsius or thought about putting their money in a crypto bank were aware of this wry 50-something contrarian. \u2014 Rachel Lerman, Washington Post , 21 June 2022",
      "Martin Parr is known and loved for his wry observations of Britishness. \u2014 Vogue , 19 June 2022",
      "As ever, Rutherford Falls\u2018 humor runs more wry than gut-busting, this time with even less emotionally explosive drama to tip it off course. \u2014 Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 June 2022",
      "Gottlieb\u2019s wry , informative book is a bonanza for film nerds, a tell-all saga of shooting delays, budget woes, actor feuds and location troubles (on a somewhat inhospitable Martha\u2019s Vineyard and a turbulent ocean). \u2014 Misha Berson, Variety , 14 June 2022",
      "Tuscans have a reputation for being rough and gruff, and Collodi\u2014habitually wry , sardonic, iconoclastic\u2014was an excellent representative of his province. \u2014 Joan Acocella, The New Yorker , 6 June 2022",
      "Sadiq\u2019s wry , intelligent script doesn\u2019t treat their relationship as some kind of revelatory, cure-all lightning bolt, but rather as a litmus test for all that this caring but confused young man has yet to learn about himself and others. \u2014 Guy Lodge, Variety , 10 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense":"Verb",
      "15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English wrien , from Old English wrigian to turn; akin to Middle High German rigel kerchief wound around the head, Greek rhiknos shriveled, Avestan urvisyeiti he turns":"Verb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u012b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-112103",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "wry-billed":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": having the bill bent to one side":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114758",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "wrybill":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a peculiar shorebird ( Anarhynchus frontalis ) of New Zealand that is related to the plovers and unique in having its bill sharply deflected to the right":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-114133",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "wrymouth":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a large eellike blenny ( Cryptacanthodes maculatus ) of the northern Atlantic coast of North America":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "wry entry 2 + mouth":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-120942",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "wry-mouthed":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having a crooked or distorted mouth":[],
      ": twisted as if coming from a wry mouth : having a caustically bitter or humorous turn or twist":[
        "plenty of thrilling incident and \u2026 wry-mouthed satire",
        "\u2014 R. E. Roberts"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-201429"
  },
  "wryneck":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": either of two Old World woodpeckers ( Jynx torquilla or J. ruficollis ) that differ from the typical woodpeckers in having soft tail feathers and a peculiar manner of writhing the neck":[],
      ": torticollis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8r\u012b-\u02ccnek"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1585, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-205807"
  },
  "wrytail":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "wry entry 2 + tail":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-011103"
  }
}