(regional) Distortion.

(transitive, obsolete) To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.

Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). / Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. / Twisted, bent, crooked. / Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.

(obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate. / (obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away. / (transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).

present participle of wry

The state of being wry

Either of two small woodpeckers, Jynx torquilla and Jynx ruficollis, of the Old World, that turn their heads almost 180 degrees when foraging.

In a wry manner.

comparative form of wry: more wry

superlative form of wry: most wry