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Wryness

Wryness \Wry"ness\, n. The quality or state of being wry, or distorted.
--W. Montagu.

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wryness

n. The state of being wry

Usage examples of "wryness".

He sobered a bit, though a hint of wryness still lurked at the corner of his mouth.

In the last days and nights she had learned the rhythm of his breath, the texture of his skin, the wryness of his humor.

What more could plead the wryness of the time Than such unstudied piteous pantomimes!

The wryness she had come to associate with him was absent from his voice.