The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wry \Wry\, a. [Compar. Wrier; superl. Wriest.] [Akin to OE. wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to drive.]
Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
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Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.
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Wrested; perverted.
He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
--Atterbury.Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
WordNet
Usage examples of "wry face".
Cashel made a wry face, but he'd learned young that some days bad luck was the only kind of luck you were going to have.
With restored health, his ambitious notions had come back to him, and he made more than one wry face before obeying his master.