Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
WRY
dry, ironic, ironical, wry
(adjective) humorously sarcastic or mocking; “dry humor”; “an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely”; “an ironic novel”; “an ironical smile”; “with a wry Scottish wit”
wry
(adjective) bent to one side; “a wry neck”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
wry (comparative wrier or wryer, superlative wriest)
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).
Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic.
Twisted, bent, crooked.
Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place.
Verb
wry (third-person singular simple present wries, present participle wrying, simple past and past participle wried)
(obsolete, intransitive) To turn (away); to swerve or deviate.
(obsolete, transitive) To divert; to cause to turn away.
(transitive) To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.).
Noun
wry
(regional) Distortion.
Etymology 2
Verb
wry (third-person singular simple present wries, present participle wrying, simple past and past participle wried)
(transitive, obsolete) To cover; clothe; cover up; cloak; hide.
Source: Wiktionary
Wry, v. t. Etym: [AS. wreĂłn.]
Definition: To cover. [Obs.] Wrie you in that mantle. Chaucer.
Wry, a. [Compar. Wrier; superl. Wriest.] Etym: [Akin to OE. wrien to twist, to bend, AS. wrigian to tend towards, to drive.]
1. Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.
2. Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words. Not according to the wry rigor of our neighbors, who never take up an old idea without some extravagance in its application. Landor.
3. Wrested; perverted. He . . . puts a wry sense upon Protestant writers. Atterbury. Wry face, a distortion of the countenance indicating impatience, disgust, or discomfort; a grimace.
Wry, v. i.
1. To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.
2. To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve. This Phebus gan awayward for to wryen. Chaucer. How many Must murder wives much better than themselves For wrying but a little! Shak.
Wry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wried; p. pr. & vb. n. Wrying.] Etym: [OE. wrien. See Wry, a.]
Definition: To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex. Sir P. Sidney. Guests by hundreds, not one caring If the dear host's neck were wried. R. Browning.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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