Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WRY, a. [Goth. wraicwa, or Dan. vrier, to twist, contracted from vrider, Eng. to writhe.]

1. Twisted; turned to one side; distorted; as, a wry neck; a wry mouth.
2. Deviating from the right direction; as, wry words.
3. Wrested; perverted; as, to put a wry sense on an author's words. – Atterbury.