wryly

Adverb

Meaning

in a wry manner

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Examples

`I see,' he commented wryly Source: Internet

According to King (2008), it was Prince de Ligne, an attendee at the conference, who wryly quipped, “the congress does not move forward, it dances.” Source: Internet

After Tadema spent two years working on the painting, his wife pointed out wryly that the infant Moses was now a toddler, and need no longer be carried. Source: Internet

“A heartfelt, wryly perceptive account of coming to terms with irrevocable loss when life itself means inevitable change.” Source: Internet

But the Lord Chancellor wryly notes that Strephon has not presented sufficient evidence that Nature has interested herself in the matter. Source: Internet

He ends the story with a wryly philosophical point: If Carl Zeidler had not asked Jim Doolittle to manage his campaign, Doolittle would never have contacted me about it. Source: Internet

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