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drily

drily is the alternative spelling of dryly.

Meaning of dryly

Adverb

dryly (comparative more dryly, superlative most dryly)

  1. In a dry manner.
    • “Are you going?” said Mr. Chester, rising with a graceful indolence. “Let me light you down the stairs.”
      “Pray keep your seat,” returned the other dryly, “I know the way.” So, waving his hand slightly, and putting on his hat as he turned upon his heel, he went clanking out as he had come, shut the...1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 20.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume III, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 305

Forms of drily

comparativemore drily
superlativemost drily

Questions about drily

What is drily the alternative spelling of?
Drily is the alternative spelling of dryly.

Words near drily in the dictionary

  1. drillstring
  2. drillstrings
  3. drilosphere
  4. drilospheres
  5. drilvis
  6. drily
  7. drimane
  8. drimanes
  9. drimenol
  10. Drimmelen
  11. Drimoleague

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