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verb (wries, wrying, wried)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.
  3. (transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face etc.).
adjective (wryer or wrier, wryest or wriest)
  1. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
  2. dryly, Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic.
  3. twisted, Twisted, bent, crooked.
Etymology: From wrigian, wrÄÄian. Compare awry, wriggle.

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