as in sarcastic
marked by the use of clever and often dark humor
The writer had a wry wit that was something of an acquired taste.
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Recent Examples of wry
Instead Kidman was wry, rueful, unsure of herself.
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Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Fortunately, the film found an adoring audience that connected with its depiction of bisexuality, its wry post-9/11 humor, and its themes of female friendship.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Leto gives him a Zen countenance and a wry observational mode to contrast his formidable fight skills.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
In the video, Lynch also incorporated some wry fourth-wall break deadpans to the camera, capturing the essence of her feelings.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Wendell Steavenson, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Fortunately, the film found an adoring audience that connected with its depiction of bisexuality, its wry post-9/11 humor, and its themes of female friendship.
—Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
Leto gives him a Zen countenance and a wry observational mode to contrast his formidable fight skills.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
In the video, Lynch also incorporated some wry fourth-wall break deadpans to the camera, capturing the essence of her feelings.
—Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wry
Adjective
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Justine Lupe plays Joanne’s sarcastic best friend, sister, sometimes-advisor and podcast co-host Morgan Williams.—
Skyler Trepel,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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As a model named Carl, stuck in a relationship corrupted by microcelebrity and Instagram view counts, Dickinson ticks with exasperation and sarcastic logic, his jaw clenched, his eyes wide and staring.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Zone 2 cardio is moderate-intensity exercise—like brisk walking or cycling—done at about 60% to 70% of your max heart rate.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
23 Oct. 2025
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The 12-time Academy Award nominee and the model both bundled up for brisk weather, as both Cooper and Hadid wore coats, sunglasses and Cooper capped a beanie over his head.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The actress is clearly relishing the opportunity to deliver Aaron Sorkin’s barbed dialogue (though perhaps not as much as Philip Seymour Hoffman, who steals the show as an explosive CIA functionary).—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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Watch this just for all the quick lands and barbed moments here alone.—
Andy Hoglund,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Oct. 2025
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Talk of a solution—of two states, of a confederation, of nearly any prospect for a secure and free mode of coexistence—has long been dismissed as either an ingenuous assertion of faith or a cynical pantomime, an empty gesture toward a future no one expects to see.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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As my colleague Charlie Warzel wrote in March, on X, the White House is now a troll account, borrowing its snide visual language and tone from some of the internet’s most cynical spaces and deploying this style to mock and dehumanize people.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But usually the administration official doesn’t fight back in such a biting way.—
David Lightman,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Over nearly three decades, Baumbach has built a career chronicling families in crisis and artists at the crossroads, his films combining biting wit with an unflinching emotional honesty.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Although nothing is imminent, club sources say the hierarchy are keen to find a successor and have held talks with a number of candidates.—
Roshane Thomas,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Shouse says that touring with Frehley was a chance to see the guitarist’s keen sense of humor up close.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Judge Mark Pittman, in a sharply ironic four-page order on Thursday, encouraged the companies to relocate their headquarters to Fort Worth, given their preference for the antitrust lawsuit to be heard there.—
Dan Mangan,Josephine Rozzelle,
CNBC,
19 Oct. 2025
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There’s also an ironic, social-media component to the trend.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
17 Oct. 2025
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In warm weather, rent a paddleboard from the hotel and glide across Lake Estes, or warm up around the fire pits or in the dry sauna.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
22 Oct. 2025
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Anglers who want to keep their catch fresh on a long drive home are better served to cover fish in a dry livewell with ice.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Wry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wry. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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