Dictionary entry

Wry (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Wry, v. i. 1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.

This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. Chaucer.

How many

Must murder wives much better than themselves

For wrying but a little! Shak.