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# dryly

adverb (dryly; also written drily)

«dryly» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Dryly means in a plain, calm way that hides a joke or a little scorn, showing little feeling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, a king or narrator speaks in a flat voice that shows he is amused or not impressed

### Examples

- "Thank you," said the king dryly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/#x1)
- "Well, that is one way to do it," she said dryly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/#x2)
- He answered dryly, as if he had heard the joke before. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dryly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dryly» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dryly.html) on Mova free.