serious vs wry

serious

adj
  • Without humor or expression of happiness; grave in manner or disposition 

  • Committed. 

  • Really intending what is said (or planned, etc); in earnest; not jocular or deceiving 

  • Important; weighty; not insignificant 

adv
  • In a serious manner; seriously. 

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 serious and wry occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )