drily
Americanadverb
adverb
Other Word Forms
- overdrily adverb
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“If the water starts rolling up on us, well, somebody will probably run,” he noted drily.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2025
Healy drily said the Killers are "a rocket-flying high and we’re a submarine under the surface" when comparing styles.
From BBC • Jul. 18, 2024
While ice fishing in Finland, he notes drily: “Hearty and resilient are two words that have never been used to describe me.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023
As the New York Times drily noted, one reason might be that "Judge Jackson has never been accused of committing sexual assault."
From Salon • Mar. 22, 2022
Once when told that Rutherford was about to make a radio broadcast across the Atlantic, a colleague drily asked: "Why use radio?"
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
