Both Uses of
wry
in
The Mill on the Floss
- "But Lors ha' massy, how did you get near such mud as that?" said Sally, making a wry face, as she stooped down and examined the corpus delicti.†
Chpt 1.10 *
- Maggie, moreover, had rather a tenderness for deformed things; she preferred the wry-necked lambs, because it seemed to her that the lambs which were quite strong and well made wouldn't mind so much about being petted; and she was especially fond of petting objects that would think it very delightful to be petted by her.†
Chpt 2.5
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