aridlyadv.
/ˈarɪdli/ In an arid manner; with aridity.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adverb] > in wearisome or tedious manner
irksomely1549
tediously1557
leaden-like1574
drearily1579
dully1600
Welshly1629
unlively1641
woodenly1653
stupidly1723
uninterestingly1793
soporifically1807
sloomy1820
wearyingly1829
boringly1840
tiresomely1847
aridly1883
drably1891
stuffily1894
stodgily1904
yawnsomely1908
yawnfully1914
1883 R. Broughton Belinda II. iii. iv. 228 ‘I think,’ he says aridly, ‘that..we had better keep to the subject in hand.’
1906 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 2nd ii. vi. 98 Were I as coarse a wife As I am limned in English caricature..You could not speak more aridly.
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adv.1883- get the draw on a person
- get the drift
- get the drop on
- get the duke
- get the dunt
- get the edge on
- get the etc end of the stick
- get the feel of
- get the full treatment
- get the gate
- get the glaik(s
- get the goods on
- get the grand bounce
- get the hang of
- get the hare's foot to lick
- get the heck out of dodge
- get the heels of
- get the hell out
- get the hell out of
- get the hell out of dodge
- get the hill
- get the horn
- get the hot hand
- get the hots for
- get the inturn