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Definition of Drily
1. Adverb. In a dry laconic manner. "I know that,"
Definition of Drily
1. adv. See Dryly.
Definition of Drily
1. Adverb. In a dry manner ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drily
1. dryly [adv] - See also: dryly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drily
Literary usage of Drily
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"... drily (for I hate bores.) '' Aw !'— now the reader must translate for himself—'
Forst time ... drily ..."
2. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... to know the history of authors whom they read—Many biographies are written
drily and barrenly—Autobiography—William Gifford—Bysshe Shelley—Margaret, ..."
3. 'Missing' by Humphry Ward (1917)
"laughed the Captain, drily. That passage after dinner through the convalescent
wards of the finely equipped hospital was to Nelly Sarratt an almost ..."
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