wry, not rye
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 4:40 pm
My sense of humor the other night was called "wry", I could not have been more pleased. Best of all, I had been drinking rye whiskey all night, the circle of irony was complete.
wry
Definitions
adjective
Word forms: wrier, wriest, wryer, wryest
twisted, contorted, or askew
(of a facial expression) produced or characterized by contorting of the features, usually indicating dislike
drily humorous; sardonic
warped, misdirected, or perverse
(of words, thoughts, etc) unsuitable or wrong
verb
Word forms: wries, wrying, wried
(tr) to twist or contort
Alternative Forms
ˈwryly adverb ˈwryness noun
Word Origin
C16: from dialect wry to twist, from Old English wrīgian to turn; related to Old Frisian wrīgia to bend, Old Norse riga to move, Middle Low German wrīch bent, stubborn
wry
Definitions
adjective
Word forms: wrier, wriest, wryer, wryest
twisted, contorted, or askew
(of a facial expression) produced or characterized by contorting of the features, usually indicating dislike
drily humorous; sardonic
warped, misdirected, or perverse
(of words, thoughts, etc) unsuitable or wrong
verb
Word forms: wries, wrying, wried
(tr) to twist or contort
Alternative Forms
ˈwryly adverb ˈwryness noun
Word Origin
C16: from dialect wry to twist, from Old English wrīgian to turn; related to Old Frisian wrīgia to bend, Old Norse riga to move, Middle Low German wrīch bent, stubborn