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Adjective wry has 3 senses
- dry, ironic, ironical, 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"
Antonyms: humorless, humourless, unhumorous (indirect, via humorous)
- wry - bent to one side; "a wry neck"
Antonym: straight (indirect, via crooked)
- sardonic, wry - disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
Antonym: unsarcastic (indirect, via sarcastic)
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