wryly
Americanadverb
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in a mockingly or amusingly ironic way.
It will be an evening of wryly thoughtful musing, whimsical conversation, and a few old-timey songs.
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in a bitter or scornful way; sardonically.
The writer wryly adds that he has complete faith in humanity's ability to wake up at the alarm and promptly hit the snooze button.
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in a distorted, bent, or lopsided manner.
His lips twisted wryly at the acknowledgment.
Etymology
Origin of wryly
Example Sentences
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In the brutal terrain of female cliques, beauty remains a potent, if unreliable, weapon — one which Amos, her grin a glistening pink, wryly acknowledges and critiques.
From Salon
"The risk is constant," Gomez says, noting wryly that in the decade-and-a-half since Colombia's biggest armed groups signed a peace deal, peace remains elusive.
From Barron's
The idea was that Charli would, to some degree, mold her sound into what her label always envisioned while wryly commenting on the artistic and moral sacrifices that label executives deemed necessary for commercial success.
From Salon
The wryly funny “Seasons” is hardly a madcap romp in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, but it does have some kinship with “To Be or Not to Be,” the Ernst Lubitsch comedy of 1942.
Juvenal was a satirist, she says, not an objective reporter; he may have been wryly speculating.
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