Definitions | wryly |
| adverb
- In a wry manner.
- 1966: The sins of the father, she thought . Well, they had visited Tony, all right " only he didn't know it. " Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls (Grove Press 1997, p. 206)
- 1991: "The king is displeased with it, but he has to be patient," Chapuys commented. " B Alison Weir, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Grove Press 2000, p. 219)
Etymology: From wry + -ly.
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