wry

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwrywry /raɪ/ adjective [only before noun] FUNNYa wry expression or wry humour shows that you know a situation is bad, but you also think it is slightly amusing ‘Was it as bad as you expected?’ Travis gave a wry smile. —wryly adverbExamples from the Corpuswry• Knowing this, Googol tried to be wry about his own feelings and eschewed any dandified garb such as Jaq now sported.• Perhaps, to some extent, she thought with wry amusement, she owed her professional success to Jake.• A dash of wry cynicism might have helped another woman, but that was not Franca's way.• She relaxed and told Jay about her life, with the wry humour of a survivor.• And he retains the sense of wry humour which he reckons every newspaperman needs, if only to keep him sane.• This is a delicious comedy full of wry observations and delightful fun-poking at the world of movie-making.• Somehow, he derived a strange, wry satisfaction from this thought.• a wry smile• In spite of herself, Lisa smiled a wry smile.Origin wry (1500-1600) wry “to twist” ((14-19 centuries)), from Old English wrigian “to turn”

单词	wry
释义	wry From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwrywry /raɪ/ adjective [only before noun] FUNNYa wry expression or wry humour shows that you know a situation is bad, but you also think it is slightly amusing ‘Was it as bad as you expected?’ Travis gave a wry smile. —wryly adverbExamples from the Corpuswry• Knowing this, Googol tried to be wry about his own feelings and eschewed any dandified garb such as Jaq now sported.• Perhaps, to some extent, she thought with wry amusement, she owed her professional success to Jake.• A dash of wry cynicism might have helped another woman, but that was not Franca's way.• She relaxed and told Jay about her life, with the wry humour of a survivor.• And he retains the sense of wry humour which he reckons every newspaperman needs, if only to keep him sane.• This is a delicious comedy full of wry observations and delightful fun-poking at the world of movie-making.• Somehow, he derived a strange, wry satisfaction from this thought.• a wry smile• In spite of herself, Lisa smiled a wry smile.Origin wry (1500-1600) wry “to twist” ((14-19 centuries)), from Old English wrigian “to turn”
随便看	no good at doing no good much good any good no good much not any good no good/not much good/not any good no great shakes no hardly had than no holds barred no hoper no hurry no I never no joy no kidding no kidding you kidding kidding no kidding you you're kidding no kidding you youre kidding no kidding?/are you kidding?/you’re kidding no laughing matter no less no less than no let up any let up no let-up any let-up no let-up/not any let-up no letup any letup no little etc competition no load fund