wry-necked

Definitions

Examples

• He's so white he's almost mock-white, and so are his jerky, long-necked, mechanical-man movements.

• She wore a sea-green, V-necked frock with a modest hint of cleavage.

• Making sense of her life on the page, deploying raw emotion alongside humor and wry mischief, has long been a Bechdel pursuit.

• "It doesn't do to play the young man," Armani said, regarding Renzi's choice to wear open-necked shirts.

• The deep-necked T-shirt is a dangerous item of clothing for a man.

• Gwynne made a wry face as he sat down before the dressing-table that he might reflect his visage while he brushed his hair.

• She was dressed in a high-necked dress of black lace, and wore in her corsage a large circular ornament of diamonds and emeralds.

• The landlady, clad in a low-necked black dress with long sweeping train, was typical of many we saw in the old-country hotels.

• Janet made a wry face and with the greatest care eased herself into a chair piled with cushions.

• She undid it, freed her thin shoulders, and saw herself a bride in low-necked satin, walking down an aisle with Lucius Harney.