antic vs wry

antic

adj
  • Playful, funny, absurd. 

  • Grotesque, incongruous. 

verb
  • To perform (an action) as an antic; to mimic ridiculously. 

  • To perform antics, to caper. 

noun
  • A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping 

  • A caricature. 

  • A grotesque performer or clown, buffoon. 

  • A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. 

wry

adj
  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

  • Deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place. 

  • Turned away, contorted (of the face or body). 

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

verb
  • To twist or contort (the body, face, etc.). 

noun
  • Distortion. 

How often have the words antic and wry occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )