hopeful vs wry

hopeful

adj
  • inspiring hope 

  • feeling hope 

noun
  • Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election. 

wry

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

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

  • Dryly humorous; sardonic or bitterly ironic. 

  • Twisted, bent, crooked. 

noun
  • Distortion. 

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

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