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Wary and Wry Definitions

Wary

On guard; watchful
Taught to be wary of strangers.

Wry

Funny in an understated, sarcastic, or ironic way
A wry sense of humor.

Wary

Characterized by caution
A wary glance at the black clouds.

Wry

Temporarily twisted in an expression of distaste or displeasure
Made a wry face.

Wary

Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, trickery, and dangers; suspiciously prudent
He is wary of dogs.
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Wry

(Archaic) Abnormally twisted or bent to one side; crooked
A wry nose.

Wary

Characterized by caution; guarded; careful; on one's guard

Wry

Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

Wary

Thrifty, provident

Wry

Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
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Wary

Cautious of danger; carefully watching and guarding against deception, artifices, and dangers; timorously or suspiciously prudent; circumspect; scrupulous; careful.
We should be wary, therefore, what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men.

Wry

Twisted, bent, crooked.

Wary

Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
It behoveth our words to be wary and few.

Wry

Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.

Wary

Marked by keen caution and watchful prudence;
They were wary in their movements
A wary glance at the black clouds
Taught to be wary of strangers

Wry

To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.

Wary

Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

Wry

To divert; to cause to turn away.

Wry

(transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).

Wry

To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.

Wry

(regional) Distortion.

Wry

To cover.
Wrie you in that mantle.

Wry

To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

Wry

To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen.
How manyMust murder wives much better than themselvesFor wrying but a little!

Wry

To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Guests by hundreds, not one caringIf the dear host's neck were wried.

Wry

Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.

Wry

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.

Wry

Wrested; perverted.
He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.

Wry

Humorously sarcastic or mocking;
Dry humor
An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
An ironic novel
An ironical smile
With a wry Scottish wit

Wry

Bent to one side;
A wry neck

Wry

Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
His rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists
A wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing

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