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 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(wry) humor -- often understated, sarcastic, or ironic -- often expressed by twisting the face
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, wry can describe a facial expression showing displeasure. More rarely still, and typically long ago, wry can mean "bent to one side" as in "She had a wry neck."