wryest
SayRY-ist/ˈɹaɪɪst/
- 1Superlative of wry.
The critic saved her wryest remark for the film's ending.
Of all the speakers, the retired judge was the wryest by far.
Note
This spelling keeps the y before -est, in the pattern of shyest and slyest; the other spelling, wriest, changes y to i the way driest does. Like most superlatives it follows the or a possessive word, as in the wryest line or her wryest remark. Because the base word covers both humor and shape, the wryest smile in a room can be the most ironic or the most twisted.
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