- 1showing that you are both amused and disappointed or annoyed “At least we got one vote,” she said with a wry smile.
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- 2amusing in a way that shows irony a wry comedy about family life a wry comment wry humor
adverb to smile wryly
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noun [uncountable]See wry in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: wry