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wrily

wrily is the alternative form of wryly.

Meaning of wryly

Adverb

wryly (comparative more wryly, superlative most wryly)

  1. In a wry or sarcastic manner; ironically.
    • The sins of the father, she thought wryly. Well, they had visited Tony, all right—only he didn't know it.1966, Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls, Grove Press, published 1997, page 206
  2. Of a facial expression, contortedly.
    • Rachel smiled wryly at Bryan, clearly showing her discomfort after being dragged into an unwanted interaction with him.

Forms of wrily

comparativemore wrily
superlativemost wrily

Questions about wrily

What is wrily the alternative form of?
Wrily is the alternative form of wryly.

Words near wrily in the dictionary

  1. Wrighty
  2. Wriglesworth
  3. Wriglesworths
  4. Wrigley
  5. wrigs
  6. wrily
  7. WRIM
  8. wrimple
  9. wrimples
  10. wrinch
  11. wrinched

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wrily (page history and authors); wryly (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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