wry
Anlam (English)
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- Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
- Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
- Twisted, bent, crooked.
- Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
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/ɹaɪ/
Etymology (English)
From Middle English wrien, from Old English wrīġian (“to go, turn, twist, bend, strive, struggle, press forward, endeavor, venture”), from Proto-Germanic *wrigōną (“to wriggle”), from Proto-Indo-European *wreyḱ- (“to turn, wrap, tie”), from *wer- (“to turn, bend”). Compare awry, wriggle.
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