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单词 wryly
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Definition of wryly in English:

wryly

adverb ˈrʌɪliˈraɪli
  • In a way that expresses dry, especially mocking, humour.

    he reflects wryly on his life and work
    her wryly observed sketches and caricatures
    I smiled wryly at the words
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The snapshots show the artist's wryly observant take on his world.
    • She ruminates wryly about her future.
    • Greene's prefaces are usually succinct, genuinely concerned with aspects of the writing process, and sometimes wryly humorous.
    • In six delicately trenchant, wryly humorous images, she distills the memories of her two teenage years in a Catholic nunnery.
    • He evokes the lyric and neo-Romantic impulses his great predecessors found in the music, at the same time commenting on those responses wryly yet lovingly.

Rhymes

drily, kylie, Riley, shyly, slyly, smiley, Smily, wily
 
 

Definition of wryly in US English:

wryly

adverbˈraɪliˈrīlē
  • In a way that expresses dry, especially mocking, humor.

    he reflects wryly on his life and work
    her wryly observed sketches and caricatures
    I smiled wryly at the words
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In six delicately trenchant, wryly humorous images, she distills the memories of her two teenage years in a Catholic nunnery.
    • He evokes the lyric and neo-Romantic impulses his great predecessors found in the music, at the same time commenting on those responses wryly yet lovingly.
    • The snapshots show the artist's wryly observant take on his world.
    • Greene's prefaces are usually succinct, genuinely concerned with aspects of the writing process, and sometimes wryly humorous.
    • She ruminates wryly about her future.
 
 
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