abrupt vs wry

abrupt

adj
  • Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous. 

  • Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious. 

  • Curt in manner. 

  • Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate. 

  • Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed. 

verb
  • To interrupt suddenly. 

noun
  • Something which is abrupt; an abyss. 

wry

adj
  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

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

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

  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

noun
  • Distortion. 

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

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