DRYLY

laconically, dryly, drily

(adverb) in a dry laconic manner; “‘I know that’, he said dryly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adverb

dryly (comparative more dryly, superlative most dryly)

In a dry manner.

Source: Wiktionary


Dry"ly, adv.

Definition: In a dry manner; not succulently; without interest; without sympathy; coldly.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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