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wry

adjective as in sarcastic, distorted

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Balancing hooky dance-rock with more experimental forays into electronica and even ambient music, they pepper their lyrics with references to online relationships, chemical dependency and wry, self-aware humour.

From BBC

"I'm both ignorant and confident," he says with wry candour.

From BBC

"I've seen people on social media question 'how is he, is he alive?' 'Is he dead?' 'What happened to the poor driver?'," he says now with a wry smile.

From BBC

The films also manage to spin some wry humor in the process, something “The Monkey” can’t quite wrap its head around how to do.

From Salon

“I’m not a nostalgic person. That doesn’t mean I don’t have feelings — although most people will tell you I don’t have feelings,” he says with a wry laugh.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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