Wry

Morpheme

Wry

Type

free base

Denotation

turn, twist, bend

Etymology

Middle English wrien; Old English wrīġian

Evidence

awry, awryness, wrier, wriest, wry, wryer, wryest, wryly

Notes

<y> need not toggle (but can) with suffixes, especially in monosyllabic bases ending in <y>

Homographs

Wry