dryly

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈdɹaɪ.li/

Definition of dryly

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adv

  1. In a dry manner.
    “The company were convulsed with laughter, all except the host himself, who dryly remarked: ‘Very amusing, Mr. Robert, very amusing, truly; ye're a clever lad, very clever; but just let me tell you, […]’”
    ““My Continental prominence is improving,” I commented dryly. ¶ Von Lindowe cut at a furze bush with his silver-mounted rattan. ¶ “Quite so,” he said as dryly, his hand at his mustache. “I may say if your intentions were known your life would not be worth a curse.””

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Etymology

From dry + -ly.

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