/ raɪ; NAmE / adjective [ usually before noun ]
1.
showing that you are both amused and disappointed or annoyed :
'At least we got one vote,' she said with a wry smile.
He pulled a wry face when I asked him how it had gone.
2.
amusing in a way that shows irony :
a wry comedy about family life
a wry comment
wry humour
► wryly adverb :
to smile wryly
► wry·ness noun [ U ]
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent. (in the sense contorted ): from Old English wrīgian tend, incline , in Middle English deviate, swerve, contort .