Lexic.us

Definition of Drily

1. Adverb. In a dry laconic manner. "I know that,"

Definition of Drily

1. adv. See Dryly.

Definition of Drily

1. dryly [adv] - See also: dryly

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Drily

drilling platform drilling rig drillmaster drillmasters drills drillstock drill bit drill hole drill in drill instructor

drill master drill rig drill rod drill site drill steel drily (current term) drimays Drimys Drimys winteri drink

drink drinkabilities drinkability drinkable drinkables drinkably drinker drinker drinkers Drinker respirator

Literary usage of Drily

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1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1859)
"... drily (for I hate bores.) '' Aw !'— now the reader must translate for himself—' Forst time ... drily ..."

2. The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton by Sir Egerton Brydges (1834)
"... to know the history of authors whom they read—Many biographies are written drily and barrenly—Autobiography—William Gifford—Bysshe Shelley—Margaret, ..."

3. 'Missing' by Humphry Ward (1917)
"laughed the Captain, drily. That passage after dinner through the convalescent wards of the finely equipped hospital was to Nelly Sarratt an almost ..."

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