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Definitions from WordNet

Adverbial dryly has 1 sense
  1. laconically, dryly - in a dry laconic manner; "I know that," he said dryly
    Derived from adjective dry2

Definitions from the Web

Dryly

Part of Speech: Adverb

Definition: In a manner lacking emotion, humor, or enthusiasm.

Senses:

  1. With a lack of emotion or interest.
  2. In a deadpan or sarcastic manner.

Examples:

  1. The professor spoke dryly about the historical events.
  2. She delivered the joke dryly, making it difficult to realize it was meant to be funny.
  3. The detective questioned the suspect dryly to elicit a more honest response.

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