dryly
Britishadverb
Example Sentences
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“I would say that the family dynamics were pretty evident on set,” said Bacon, dryly.
From Los Angeles Times
“As it happens, I didn’t have to come here,” Miss Genovese says dryly.
From Literature
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He dryly notes that this is “pretty much the opposite of what you typically hear on the news.”
Mr. Herzog, who with his intensely dramatic yet dryly matter-of-fact vocal stylings lends the feature his typically scintillating narration, follows him on a journey to Namibia and Angola in search of the ghost elephants.
It dryly captured my sense of immense good fortune that such a beauty had signed on with me.
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