Wiry vs. Wry — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Wiry and Wry
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Definitions
Wiry
Of or relating to wire.
Wry
Using or expressing dry, especially mocking, humour
A wry smile
Wry comments
Wiry
Resembling wire in form or quality, especially in stiffness
Wiry red hair.
Wry
(of a person's face or features) twisted into an expression of disgust, disappointment, or annoyance.
Wiry
Sinewy and lean
He had a wiry build.
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Wry
(of the neck or features) distorted or turned to one side
A remedy for wry necks
Wiry
Produced by or as if by wire being vibrated. Used of sounds
A wiry tone.
Wry
Funny in an understated, sarcastic, or ironic way
A wry sense of humor.
Wiry
Thin, muscular and flexible.
Don't fight him. He may be small, but he's wiry.
Wry
Temporarily twisted in an expression of distaste or displeasure
Made a wry face.
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Wiry
Made of wire; like wire; drawn out like wire.
Wry
(Archaic) Abnormally twisted or bent to one side; crooked
A wry nose.
Wiry
Capable of endurance; tough; sinewy; as, a wiry frame or constitution.
He bore his age well, and seemed to retain a wiry vigor and alertness.
Wry
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
Wiry
Lean and sinewy
Wry
Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
Wry
Twisted, bent, crooked.
Wry
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
Wry
To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
Wry
To divert; to cause to turn away.
Wry
(transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
Wry
To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.
Wry
(regional) Distortion.
Wry
To cover.
Wrie you in that mantle.
Wry
To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
Wry
To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.
This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen.
How manyMust murder wives much better than themselvesFor wrying but a little!
Wry
To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.
Guests by hundreds, not one caringIf the dear host's neck were wried.
Wry
Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
Wry
Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.
Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application.
Wry
Wrested; perverted.
He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers.
Wry
Humorously sarcastic or mocking;
Dry humor
An ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely
An ironic novel
An ironical smile
With a wry Scottish wit
Wry
Bent to one side;
A wry neck
Wry
Disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking;
His rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists
A wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing
