单词 | wryly |
释义 | wrylyadv. In a wry, oblique, or distorted manner. ΘΠ the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [adverb] > distortedly wryly1580 distortedlya1688 contortedly1856 twistedly1910 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Tortuement,..wrily, crookedly. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Obliquement, obliquely, wrily. 1736 R. Ainsworth Thes. Linguæ Latinæ II. at Contorte 1826 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. (ed. 2) I. iv. 78 Most of these..have chewed upon it harshly and wryly. 1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 18 Mar. 164/2 Mr. Jones smiled wryly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.1580 |
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