wry

wry

1. vino, kiero

2. sarkastinen, vinoileva, kuivan humoristinen

Esimerkkejä:

a wry smile

a wry sense of humour

Liittyvät sanat: awry

Synonyymisanakirja

wry

humoristinen, huvittava, kuiva, ironinen, käyrä, mutkainen, kiero.

Rimmaavat sanat

wry rimmaa näiden kanssa:

henry, sherry, sorry, curry, kärry, ostoskärry, peräkärry, country, jury, treasury...

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Englannin sanakirja

wry (englanti > suomi)

1. poispäin kääntynyt

2. kuiva

3. kiero, vääntynyt

4. kääntyä pois

5. johtaa harhaan

6. vääntää

wry englanniksi

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

2. 1837, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, chapter 17:

'"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs.

3. 1913, w:Victor Appleton|Victor Appleton, The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park, chapter 11:

“Humph! Had to,” said Pep with a wry grimace.

4. dryly Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.

5. 1871, w:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, The Haunted Baronet, chapter 6:

"The master says a wry word now and then; and so ye let your spirits go down, don't ye see, and all sorts o' fancies comes into your head."

6. twisted Twisted, bent, crooked.

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

8. 1820, w:Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot, chapter 34:

Catherine hath made a wry stitch in her broidery, when she was thinking of something else than her work.

9. 1876, w:Walter Savage Landor|Walter Savage Landor, The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor, volume IV, Imaginary Conversations, Third Series: Dialogues of Literary Men, ch. 6—Milton and Andrew Marvel, http://books.google.ca/books?id=m74dAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=%22the+wry+rigour+of+our+neighbours%22&source=bl&ots=kpEAJzGzsJ&sig=16--7c-2Th4SvC6Ks5caiaGKGl0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H-c5U7STF6Gr2QXGvoD4CA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAgv=onepage&q=%22the%20wry%20rigour%20of%20our%20neighbours%22&f=false page 155 (Google preview):

. . . the wry rigour of our neighbours, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.

10. puhekieltä To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.

11. 1535, w:Thomas More|Thomas More, Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, ch. 18:

God pricketh them of his great goodness still. And the grief of this great pang pincheth them at the heart, and of wickedness they wry away.

12. (circa) w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 5, scene 1:

You married ones,

If each of you should take this course, how many

Must murder wives much better than themselves

For wrying but a little!

13. puhekieltä To divert; to cause to turn away.

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

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

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