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wriest

American  
[rahy-ist] / ˈraɪ ɪst /

adjective

  1. superlative of wry.

wriest British  
/ ˈraɪɪst /

adjective

  1. the superlative of wry

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“In it, a lord asks a lady if she’ll love him, and she replies ambiguously: ‘I cannot hate.’” wriest McInnis.

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2016

"That's a perfectly good wish plumb wasted," said Penfield, refilling both glasses, his features twisted in the wriest of grimaces.

From The Day of Days An Extravaganza by Brown, Arthur William

I confronted death with a smile; I meet life with the wriest of wry faces.

From Simon the Jester by Locke, William John

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