Both Uses of
wry
in
Arrowsmith
- In that wry mood they went on Saturday afternoon to the Pickerbaughs' snow picnic.†
Chpt 20 *
- No one heeded a wry Scotch doctor, diligent but undramatic through the epidemic, who hinted that plagues have been known to slacken and cease without phage.†
Chpt 35
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