wryest

That is to say, he's the quickest, sharpest, slyest and wryest comic actor on the screen.

Stylish Spectacle Makes This 'Mission' Possible Joe Morgenstern 2011

The first in a projected multivolume chronicle of the years from 1945 to 1979 called Tales of a New Jerusalem, this sparkling book — deeply and imaginatively researched, written with bounce, and informed by the wryest sensibility — charts the evolution of British society during the depleted and dingy years 1945 – 1951.

Waste Not, Want Everything 2008

The first in a projected multivolume chronicle of the years from 1945 to 1979 called Tales of a New Jerusalem, this sparkling book — deeply and imaginatively researched, written with bounce, and informed by the wryest sensibility — charts the evolution of British society during the depleted and dingy years 1945 – 1951.

Waste Not, Want Everything 2008

Here he put the light on his desk, and said to the stranger, with his wryest twist upon him, ‘Your commands.’

Little Dorrit 2007

I gave him my wryest Flashy grin and clapped him on the shoulder.

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

I gave him my wryest Flashy grin and clapped him on the shoulder.

Flashman And The Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

I gave him my wryest Flashy grin and clapped him on the shoulder.

Flashman and the Dragon Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1985

"Yes, sir; almost killed," groaned the poor boy, making the wryest face

Dikes and Ditches Young America in Holland and Belguim Oliver Optic 1859

Here he put the light on his desk, and said to the stranger, with his wryest twist upon him, 'Your commands.'

Little Dorrit Charles Dickens 1841

Winner of the prize for Best Screenplay at Cannes, New York born-and-trained Israeli filmmaker Joseph Cedar has here created the wryest of Jewish comedies, an emotional competition that pits father against son, built around the understanding of sacred texts.

NYT > Home Page By DAVE ITZKOFF 2011