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Wryly - What does it mean?

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is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As an adverb wryly

is in a wry manner.

wryly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a wry manner.
  • * 1966': The sins of the father, she thought '''wryly . 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 '''wryly commented. — B Alison Weir, ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII (Grove Press 2000, p. 219)

    • Alternative forms

    * wrily

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.