Both Uses of
wry
in
Anna Karenina
- But Vronsky gazed at him exactly as he did at the lamp, and the young man made a wry face, feeling that he was losing his self-possession under the oppression of this refusal to recognize him as a person.†
Part 1
- "What?" said Vronsky angrily, making a wry face of disgust, and showing his even teeth.†
Part 2 *
Definition:
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(wry) understated humor -- often sarcastic or ironic -- often expressed by twisting the face
or (more rarely): a facial expression showing displeasure