wry

wry

englanti

1. vino, kiero

2. sarkastinen, vinoileva, kuivan humoristinen

Esimerkkejä wry sanan käytöstä:

a wry smile

a wry sense of humour

Liittyvät sanat: awry

Synonyymisanakirja: wry

wry

1. humoristinen, huvittava, kuiva, ironinen, käyrä, mutkainen, kiero.

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Riimisanakirja: wry

wry rimmaa näiden kanssa:

1. henry, sherry, sorry, curry, kärry, ostoskärry, peräkärry, country, jury, treasury...

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Käännökset: wry

wry suomeksi

ironinen, kiero

• poispäin kääntynyt

• kuiva

• kiero, vääntynyt

• kääntyä pois

• johtaa harhaan

• vääntää

wry englanniksi

• Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

• 1837, w:Charles Dickens|Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers, chapter 17:

'"Why, you snivelling, wry-faced, puny villain," gasped old Lobbs.

• 1913, w:Victor Appleton|Victor Appleton, The Motion Picture Chums at Seaside Park, chapter 11:

“Humph! Had to,” said Pep with a wry grimace.

• dryly Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.

• 1871, w:Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, The Haunted Baronet, chapter 6:

"The master says a wry word now and then; and so ye let your spirits go down, don't ye see, and all sorts o' fancies comes into your head."

• twisted Twisted, bent, crooked.

• deviate Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.

• 1820, w:Walter Scott|Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot, chapter 34:

Catherine hath made a wry stitch in her broidery, when she was thinking of something else than her work.

• 1876, w:Walter Savage Landor|Walter Savage Landor, The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor, volume IV, Imaginary Conversations, Third Series: Dialogues of Literary Men, ch. 6—Milton and Andrew Marvel, http://books.google.ca/books?id=m74dAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=%22the+wry+rigour+of+our+neighbours%22&source=bl&ots=kpEAJzGzsJ&sig=16--7c-2Th4SvC6Ks5caiaGKGl0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=H-c5U7STF6Gr2QXGvoD4CA&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAgv=onepage&q=%22the%20wry%20rigour%20of%20our%20neighbours%22&f=false page 155 (Google preview):

. . . the wry rigour of our neighbours, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.

• puhekieltä To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.

• 1535, w:Thomas More|Thomas More, Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation, ch. 18:

God pricketh them of his great goodness still. And the grief of this great pang pincheth them at the heart, and of wickedness they wry away.

• (circa) w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, Cymbeline, act 5, scene 1:

You married ones,

If each of you should take this course, how many

Must murder wives much better than themselves

For wrying but a little!

• puhekieltä To divert; to cause to turn away.

• puhekieltä To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).

• puhekieltä To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.

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