wry
adjective
bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing.
wryness
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a word derived from
wry.
Example Sentences
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With typical wryness, Jake jokes his way into the intrigue: “I walked the road a quarter mile,” he recalls of a familiar stroll, “and that’s how I wound up in the graveyard ahead of schedule.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
He doesn’t have Hannah Gadsby’s verbal finesse, Alex Edelman’s zeitgeist radar or Mike Birbiglia’s off-beat wryness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2024
Duggan, who owns the D.C. bar Madam’s Organ, laughs now at the wryness and lack of lament in those texts.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2022
In conversation, he was candid, self-critical, determinedly nice, without quite sacrificing the wryness that often defines him onscreen.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2022
“Mmm,” she said instead, hoping the lilt could be mistaken for sympathy instead of wryness.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
