wry

Making sense of her life on the page, deploying raw emotion alongside humor and wry mischief, has long been a Bechdel pursuit.

The quick-cut trailer suggests a soft-core romp with dramatic intrigue and wry one-liners.

I looked at parts of it," he says, adding with wry self-deprecation, "I didn't see much benefit in comparing myself to Marlon.

Her wry, progressive grandmother Oleanna Redwyne (Diana Rigg)—the real power behind the House Tyrell.

But Beard was, as Beard would have put it, "wry," which is the word people like Beard use when they mean funny.

Gwynne made a wry face as he sat down before the dressing-table that he might reflect his visage while he brushed his hair.

Janet made a wry face and with the greatest care eased herself into a chair piled with cushions.

To admire these same views, is it not admiring without knowing wry?

Genevieve made a wry face; then, meeting Mrs. Kennedy's reproving eye, she colored.

King OLeary made a wry face, and ran his hand nervously through his hair.