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What is the adjective for wrynesses?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb wry which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

wry
  1. Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
  2. Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
  3. Twisted, bent, crooked.
  4. Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. sarcastic, sardonic, mocking, satirical, cynical, scoffing, derisive, scornful, ironic, sneering, dry, sarky, mordacious, droll, twisted, witty, humorous, pawky, double-edged, caustic, biting, ironical, contemptuous, scathing, cutting, sharp, mordant, satiric, tongue-in-cheek, trenchant, stinging, acrid, acerbic, bitter, arrogant, derisory, skeptical, cynic, sceptical, snarky, barbed, disparaging, smart-mouthed, scalding, corrosive, offensive, taunting, jeering, pungent, acidulous … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “Instead, the writers present new twists on parenting with liberal doses of wry humor that even singletons will enjoy.”
      “Changing his dour expression, Alain pulled a wry grin.”
wrier
  1. comparative form of wry: more wry
  2. Synonyms:
      3. drier, sarkier, droller, wittier, pawkier, more sarcastic, more sardonic, more mocking, more satirical, more cynical, more derisive, more scornful, more ironic, more mordacious, more twisted, more humorous, more double-edged, more caustic, more biting, more ironical, more contemptuous, more scathing, sharper, more cutting, more mordant, more satiric, more tongue-in-cheek, more trenchant, more stinging, acrider, more acerbic, bitterer, more arrogant, more derisory, more skeptical, more cynic, more sceptical, more barbed, snarkier, more disparaging, more corrosive, more offensive, more pungent, meaner, more disrespectful, more irascible, more scorching, wiser, keener, more acid … more
wryer
  1. comparative form of wry: more wry
wriest
  1. superlative form of wry: most wry
  2. Synonyms:
      3. driest, sarkiest, drollest, wittiest, pawkiest, most sarcastic, most sardonic, most mocking, most satirical, most cynical, most derisive, most scornful, most ironic, most mordacious, most twisted, most humorous, most double-edged, most caustic, most biting, most ironical, most contemptuous, most scathing, sharpest, most cutting, most mordant, most satiric, most tongue-in-cheek, most stinging, most trenchant, acridest, most acerbic, bitterest, most arrogant, most derisory, most skeptical, most cynic, most sceptical, snarkiest, most barbed, most disparaging, most offensive, most corrosive, most pungent, most scorching, wisest, meanest, most irascible, most disrespectful, keenest, most acid … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Of course, in flat knitting machine for knitting of shoulder, wriest, waist, etc.”
wryest
  1. superlative form of wry: most wry
  2. Examples:
      3. “Anderson's teammates mobbed him as Sir Ian looked on from above, the wryest of smiles on his face.”
      “Doing drag in your own lookbook may be the wryest way to keep things subversive and exciting.”
wried
  1. simple past tense and past participle of wry
wrying
  1. present participle of wry
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