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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27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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