wry /rī/

1. (of a facial expression) with the features twisted into a grimace
2. (of a remark, sense of humour, etc) mocking, bitter, ironic or sardonic
3. Twisted or turned to one side or in the wrong direction
4. Perverse, cross, ill-natured (old)

Distortion

1. To swerve, go astray (obsolete)
2. To be deflected, undergo deflection (obsolete)
3. To writhe (obsolete)

1. To give a twist to, contort (archaic)
2. To avert (the face, head, etc; obsolete)
3. To pervert (obsolete)

Wryly

wryˈly adverb

wryˈness noun

wryˈbill noun

A New Zealand bird (Anarhynchus frontalis), related to the plovers, having a sideways-curving bill with which it gets food from under stones

wryˈ-mouthed adjective

1. Having a crooked mouth
2. (of criticism, etc) mocking, bitter (old)

wryˈneck noun

1. A twisted position of the head on the neck due to spasm, with torsion of the cervical muscles, or to congenital injury to a neck muscle
2. A member of a genus of small birds (genus Jynx) related to the woodpecker, which twist round their heads strangely when surprised

wryˈ-necked adjective

1. Having wryneck, or a twisted neck
2. Denoting a kind of fife, either as having a twisted neck or played with the head on one side (Shakespeare)

make or pull a wry face or mouth

To pucker up the face or mouth in reaction to a bitter or astringent taste, or to pain, or to express disgust or distaste

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