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Definition
understated humor — often sarcastic or ironic — often expressed by twisting the face
or (more rarely): a facial expression showing displeasure
or (more rarely): a facial expression showing displeasure
- "What?" said Vronsky angrily, making a wry face of disgust, and showing his even teeth.Part Two (49% in)
- 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 One (90% in)
There are no more uses of "wry" in Anna Karenina.
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