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- adjective
superlative form ofwry : mostwry .
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Examples
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That is to say, he's the quickest, sharpest, slyest and wryest comic actor on the screen.
Stylish Spectacle Makes This 'Mission' Possible Joe Morgenstern 2011
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The first in a projected multivolume chronicle of the years from 1945 to 1979 called Tales of a New Jerusalem, this sparkling book — deeply and imaginatively researched, written with bounce, and informed by the wryest sensibility — charts the evolution of British society during the depleted and dingy years 1945 – 1951.
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The first in a projected multivolume chronicle of the years from 1945 to 1979 called Tales of a New Jerusalem, this sparkling book — deeply and imaginatively researched, written with bounce, and informed by the wryest sensibility — charts the evolution of British society during the depleted and dingy years 1945 – 1951.
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Here he put the light on his desk, and said to the stranger, with his wryest twist upon him, ‘Your commands.’
Little Dorrit 2007
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I gave him my wryest Flashy grin and clapped him on the shoulder.
Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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I gave him my wryest Flashy grin and clapped him on the shoulder.
Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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I gave him my wryest Flashy grin and clapped him on the shoulder.
Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985
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"Yes, sir; almost killed," groaned the poor boy, making the wryest face
Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Oliver Optic 1859
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Here he put the light on his desk, and said to the stranger, with his wryest twist upon him, 'Your commands.'
Little Dorrit Charles Dickens 1841
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Winner of the prize for Best Screenplay at Cannes, New York born-and-trained Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar has here created the wryest of Jewish comedies, an emotional competition that pits father against son, built around the understanding of sacred texts.
NYT > Home Page By DAVE ITZKOFF 2011
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