dryly
adverb
(alsodrily)us/ˈdrɑɪ·li/in anamusingbut notobviousway:
Thanks for thewarning, Tachi said dryly.
Examplesofdryly
dryly
And the book, far from beingdrylyanalytical, is rich in detail.
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Yet, as things stand at present, we take that away if there is, as the legislation sodrylyputs it, "a change in status".
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Vimesdrylynotes the troll's ability to emulate human behavior makes him even more insidious.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Luthordrylystates that he is overqualified then leaps into the wall.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Servants subjected him to an almost ludicrous regimentation in a phase hedrylyreviled as the servocracy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His famous live performances combine his songs with satirical anddrylytempered anecdotes; the music delivered either acoustically or with a rock band.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The commander remarkeddrylythat one can only assume that one of yesterday s wounded died.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Another dominant characteristic is his tendency to deliver sarcastic,drylyhumorous remarks, some of which get him into trouble.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Whatever those ladies had been doing was just human, and she's tolerating it, wryly,dryly.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He always had an ego that was easy to bruise and displayed a very sensitive, but kind anddrylyhumorous personality.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.As far as the supporting cast was concerned, hedrylynoted, none of them assumes enough authority to carry the moral and dramatic center of the film.
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