Wry

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–adjective

1. produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry [grin]. 

2. abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked: a wry [mouth]. 

3. devious in course or purpose; misdirected. 

4. contrary; perverse. 

5. distorted or perverted, as in meaning. 

6. bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing: a wry [remark].  



—Synonyms 

2. awry, askew.

—Antonyms 

2. straight.





　

They keep on coming. The fourth American import in as many days turns out to be 



a wry social [comedy] by Kenneth Lonergan 



about the rich-kid, drop-out generation of the early 1980s. Acted by a trio of burgeoning young movie-stars, it keeps one pleasurably entertained even if its concerns might seem a [mite] parochial for the average British audience. 





　

The film garnered a [warm] critical reception and became something of an art house success, paving the way for Baumbach's next feature, the 1997 Mr. Jealousy. Whereas Kicking and Screaming won over critics 



with its brand of wry [neurotics], 



Mr. Jealousy earned a merely [lukewarm] reception, and was cited by a number of critics as being weighed [down] by a saggy narrative and annoying characters.





　 "A dead-on, wry [portrait] of the life of the road warrior." 









　

Latter also provides incessant voiceover narration that, accompanied by the intrusive, dirge-like wailing of the score, tries in vain to fill in for the philosophical asides, 



wry [humor] and gorgeous epiphanies of Saramago's voice.