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# wry

«wry» in Mova's school dictionary: **a twisted smile or face that shows dislike, doubt or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (wrier, wriest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A wry smile or wry face is a twisted smile or face that shows dislike, doubt or mixed feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wry/#m1)

2) Wry humour is dry and a little mocking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wry/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

a character's face shows dislike, doubt or amusement

### examples

- He gave a wry smile when he was told the news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wry/#x1)
- She made a wry face at the bitter medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wry/#x2)
- "Pinocchio made a wry face," the story says. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wry/#x3)
- Nothing for maths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wry/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «wry» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wry/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.