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 Translation for 'wry' from English to Bulgarian
ADJ   wry | wryer / wrier | wryest / wriest
VERB   to wry | wried | wried
wrying | wries
SYNO dry | ironic | ironical | ...
wry {adj} [ironic]ироничен
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Translation for 'wry' from English to Bulgarian

wry {adj} [ironic]
ироничен
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Usage Examples English
  • Kiosk (...) is a rock band formed in Tehran in 2003, known for its blend of musical styles and its wry lyrics confronting Iranian cultural angst.
  • A foreword he composed after a Mexican stay in Old Monterrey in 1936 reveals a wry humor not often seen in his painting.
  • A young polytechnic graduate wants to "dotcom" his father's loan shark business. A wry look at an old profession's collision with the new economy.
  • "Three Screen Comedies" also included a reprint of "Freundschaft," Raphaelson's wry and affectionate reflection on his working relationship with Lubitsch that had originally appeared in "The New Yorker" in 1982.
  • Plautus Bonosus - A wealthy Sarantine aristocrat and Master of the Senate, a largely ceremonial position. Urbane and sophisticated, he regards the politics around him with wry detachment.

  • According to The Poetry Book Society “Barnie's poetry shines an uncomfortable light onto issues of ecological degradation, mass extinction and mortality, yet remains lyrical and wry”.
  • "Publishers Weekly" and "Kirkus Reviews" praised the "wry" humour of O'Connell's writing style.
  • Driver has been widely recognized for his intelligent, wry, and emotionally raw performance style.
  • Colin Irwin, writing in "Mojo", described it as "an understated album of sharp observations, lithe melodies and wry asides".
  • The regiment had its own zurawiejka: “Wry mouths, wry legs, we are the uhlans of Prince Jozef”.

  • Dodd's writing has been compared to that of Clive James, Hilaire Belloc and Stephen Fry, for its wry perceptiveness.
  • According to Kelsey Munro of the "Sydney Morning Herald", the song "exhibits Howard's enduring gallows humour in its wry treatment of the overwrought protagonist".
  • In 1923, the German artist Max Beckmann drew a portrait of him with "sly, sideways glance and the warm, wry smile".
  • Slow's poetry, with its perceptive, descriptive style, often with a wry biting humour, provides an insight into the everyday lives of rural people in late Victorian and Edwardian southern England.
  • The title is a wry suggestion that Adam, by his crafting of the fig leaves for Eve and for himself to wear, also began the fashion industry.

  • The "General Prologue" introduces the tellers of the tales, with much wry and subtle social commentary.
  • Among colleagues he was known for his wry sense of humor and had the nickname of Zoshchenko (Zoshchenko was famous Russian humorist).
  • Monk questions the meaning of art using conceptualism in a way that Ken Johnson in "The New York Times" called "sweet, wry and poetic".
  • Chakravorty's film reviews are noted for their precision of opinion and lucid style, combined with bursts of wry humour.
  • The cause of wry nose in horses is unknown; it may have a genetic cause, or be due to malpositioning in the uterus.

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