dry wit
Adjective
Meaning
dry wit (comparative more dry wit, superlative most dry wit)
deadpan.
Synonyms
Examples
Americans just don't understand dry wit.
Even if it drags at times and might have been a tauter story, is a memorable read, seasoned with Robinson's dry wit, and an invitation to think of our planet's most alien continent.
He manages to write about faith while maintaining intellectual integrity and his dry wit keeps his essays on poetics and philosophy from slipping into a heavy handed dullness.
Rukeyser, who hosted the PBS program Wall Street Week for 32 years, could do what few others could - make investment television entertaining with a wry sense of humour and dry wit.
The two, married this year for 60 years, have much the same dry wit.
Both Le Guin's eye for detail and her dry wit are on full display here.