Usually means: Dry, mocking, subtly ironic humor.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word wryness:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. wryness: Merriam-Webster
  2. wryness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wryness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wryness: Wordnik
  5. wryness: Wiktionary
  6. wryness: Dictionary.com
  7. Wryness: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. wryness: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Wryness: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  10. wryness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. wryness: FreeDictionary.org
  12. Wryness: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. wryness: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  The state of being wry

Similar:
wrinkliness, wiriness, wrothness, wrinkledness, awryness, wartiness, wistfulness, whininess, wriggliness, wrathiness, more...

Opposite:
earnestness, seriousness, solemnity

Types:
irony, sarcasm, cynicism, pessimism, snark, more...

Adjectives:
certain, characteristic, typical, faint, slight, usual, gentle, bitter, ungrateful, customary

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Similar:
wrinkliness, wiriness, wrothness, wrinkledness, awryness, wartiness, wistfulness, whininess, wriggliness, wrathiness, more...

Opposite:
earnestness, seriousness, solemnity

Types:
irony, sarcasm, cynicism, pessimism, snark, more...

Adjectives:
certain, characteristic, typical, faint, slight, usual, gentle, bitter, ungrateful, customary



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