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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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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