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- [rahy-er]
- /ˈraɪ ər/
- /raɪ/
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- [rahy-er]
- /ˈraɪ ər/
Definitions of wrier word
- adjective wrier produced by a distortion or lopsidedness of the facial features: a wry grin. 1
- adjective wrier abnormally bent or turned to one side; twisted; crooked: a wry mouth. 1
- adjective wrier devious in course or purpose; misdirected. 1
- adjective wrier contrary; perverse. 1
- adjective wrier distorted or perverted, as in meaning. 1
- adjective wrier bitterly or disdainfully ironic or amusing: a wry remark. 1
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Origin of wrier
First appearance:
before 1515 One of the 27% oldest English words
1515-25; adj. use of wry to twist, Middle English wryen, Old English wrīgian to go, strive, tend, swerve; cognate with Dutch wrijgen to twist; akin to Old English wrigels, Latin rīcula veil, Greek rhoikós crooked
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Parts of speech for Wrier
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wrier popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.