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wryness
adjective
(wry)
bent, twisted, or turned usually abnormally to one side
wryness
adjective
(wry)
made by a deliberate distortion of the facial muscles often to express irony or mockery
wryness
adjective
(wry)
wrongheaded
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impishness
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breeziness
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drollery
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suavity
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pathos
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plaintiveness
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ingenuousness
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wistfulness
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mischievousness
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knowingness
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smarminess
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geniality
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acerbity
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whimsicality
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poignancy
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gruffness
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poignance
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lugubriousness
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wittiness
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playfulness
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earnestness
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glibness
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sauciness
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impassivity
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pompousness
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humor
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peevishness
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cheekiness
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pithiness
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grandiloquence
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imperiousness
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boyishness
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earthiness
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sarcasm
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perceptiveness
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triteness
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archness
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courtliness
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directness
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cleverness
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smugness
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poeticism
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winsomeness
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staginess
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nasality
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slyness
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cantankerousness
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profundity
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subtlety
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brassiness
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sunniness
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shavian
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cheeriness
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absurdism
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affectless
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hauteur
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theatricality
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smarm
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irascibility
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flintiness
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inarticulateness
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daftness
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affectations
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chirpiness
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corniness
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artlessness
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gawkiness
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crustiness
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whimsy
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moroseness
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superciliousness
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punchiness
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melancholy
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incredulousness
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brio
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clownishness
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woodenness
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conceit
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obliqueness
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blankness
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melodiousness
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guilelessness
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subversiveness
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anglophilia
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dreaminess
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pomposity
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uptightness
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shtik
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sprightliness
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unctuousness
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sheepishness
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roguishness
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nabokovian
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garrulousness
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quaver
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politesse
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