English
Etymology
From wry + -ly.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�raɪli/

Adverb
en-adv

1. In a wry manner.

#:*1849: But Redburn, from the start, had linked himself to those ambiguous red men, in an image part physical, part wrily metaphysical. � Herman Melville, Redburn (Penguin 1986, p. 20)
#:*1994: He grinned wrily. �I guess she keeps me on my toes.� � Elizabeth Adler, Legacy of Secrets (Island 1994, p. 434)

Alternative spellings
wryly

ru:wrily

• 2006-11-18 03:28 - RobotGMwikt - robot Adding: [[ru:wrily]]

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