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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrying.]  To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
 Guests by hundreds, not one caring
 If the dear host's neck were wried.   --R. Browning.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 wry
      adj 1: humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic
             remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely";
             "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry
             Scottish wit" [syn: dry, ironic, ironical]
      2: bent to one side; "a wry neck"
      3: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
         "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all
         great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to
         be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
         [syn: sardonic]
      [also: wried, wryest, wryer, wriest, wrier]

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 wried
      See wry