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dryly
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
dryly
(adverb)
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dryly
adverb
also
drily
/
ˈ
draɪli/
dryly
adverb
also
drily
/
ˈ
draɪli/
Learner's definition of DRYLY
[
more dryly; most dryly
]
1
:
in a funny but quiet or serious way
“I love this store!” “I couldn't tell,” she said
dryly
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2
:
without excitement or emotion
“If that's the way it must be,” he remarked
dryly
, “that's the way it will be.”
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