wry

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

• '"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs.
• “Humph! Had to,” said Pep with a wry grimace.

Dryly humorous; sardonic or ironic, usually in a way that suggests acknowledgement of a problem or difficult situation.

• "[T]he 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."

Twisted, bent, crooked.

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

• Catherine hath made a wry stitch in her broidery, when she was thinking of something else than her work.
• . . . the wry rigour of our neighbours, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.

To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.intransitiveobsolete

• 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.
• 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!

To divert; to cause to turn away.obsoletetransitive

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

Distortion.regional

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