wriest
SayRY-ist/ˈɹaɪɪst/
- 1Superlative of wry.
She saved her wriest jokes for the monthly board meetings.
The column's wriest line compared the new stadium to a very expensive parking lot.
Note
Wry has two superlatives: wriest changes the y to i, as driest does, while wryest keeps it, as shyest and slyest can. Both are correct. The form fits the dry-humor meaning most naturally, as in her wriest jokes, but the physical sense of twisted can take it too: the wriest of grimaces.
wriest is a form of wry
wry, adjective: Humorous in a dry way, sometimes with a mocking or bitterly ironic edge. Full entry
- Spelling
- wry → wriest: change y to i, add -est
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