Explore Dryly through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like laconically or drily. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Dryly meaning
In a dry manner.
Synonyms of Dryly
Using Dryly
- The main meaning on this page is: In a dry manner.
- Useful related words include: laconically, drily.
- In the example corpus, dryly often appears in combinations such as: dryly hilarious.
Context around Dryly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dryly
- In this selection, "dryly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, style, hilarious, observed and witty stand out and add context to how "dryly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cox has dryly observed of and from a dryly hilarious amalgam. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dryly" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dryly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
N.L.” perch, first with a dryly hilarious monologue (“I’m from the 1900s,” Bargatze declared. (16 words)
When asked what a young Macintyre was like, he dryly quipped, “Oh, a cheeky —” before laughing and correcting himself. (19 words)
His trainer Brad Cox has dryly observed of Cyberknife’s second place to Cody’s Wish, ““He ran good, just second best. (22 words)
Davis, p. 63 Frustrated with the dryly written stories, Crane stated, "I wonder that some of those fellows don't tell how they felt in those scraps. (27 words)
In a tribute, Mr Van Tulleken said: “As you’re listening to Michael, I want you to reflect on his style - dryly witty, modest, humble. (25 words)
Pulling from a dryly hilarious amalgam of commonplace New York experiences, Dunn uncomfortably zooms into hands and faces, perversely dramatizing these mundane moments. (23 words)
Example sentences (6)
His trainer Brad Cox has dryly observed of Cyberknife’s second place to Cody’s Wish, ““He ran good, just second best.
In a tribute, Mr Van Tulleken said: “As you’re listening to Michael, I want you to reflect on his style - dryly witty, modest, humble.
N.L.” perch, first with a dryly hilarious monologue (“I’m from the 1900s,” Bargatze declared.
When asked what a young Macintyre was like, he dryly quipped, “Oh, a cheeky —” before laughing and correcting himself.
Pulling from a dryly hilarious amalgam of commonplace New York experiences, Dunn uncomfortably zooms into hands and faces, perversely dramatizing these mundane moments.
Davis, p. 63 Frustrated with the dryly written stories, Crane stated, "I wonder that some of those fellows don't tell how they felt in those scraps.
Common combinations with dryly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: