All 11 Uses of
wry
in
The Name of the Wind
- The sound of it tugged one corner of his mouth into a wry smile as he sank into the deep chair in front of the fire.†
p. 11.7 *
- "I'm guessing you heard the whole thing from the look on your face," he said with a wry grin.†
p. 58.1
- She smiled a wry smile.†
p. 103.1
- My father gave a wry smile and shook his head.†
p. 107.7
- I thought if you had any ideas...." she gave me a wry, hopeful look.†
p. 214.9
- He shrugged and gave a wry smile, as if he'd expected to catch me with the last question.†
p. 232.8
- The Chancellor put his face into his hands and rubbed, then looked up and surprised me with a wry smile.†
p. 270.1
- "You're not the first man to say that," Denna said, wryly.†
p. 391.3
- Deoch nodded slowly to himself, his smile going a little wry.†
p. 403.4
- "You're lying," she said with a wry twist to her lips.†
p. 505.6
- Then she shrugged and gave me a hint of a wry smile.†
p. 601.7
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."