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drily

Translations

drilyadverb
sèchementSur un ton sec, souvent avec une nuance d’ironie ou de détachement.
He drily remarked that the weather was perfect for a picnic, as the rain poured down.
Il a sèchement remarqué que le temps était parfait pour un pique-nique, alors qu’il pleuvait à verse.
Additional translations
sèchementAu sens littéral, sans humidité.
Synonyms
dryly
impassively
stoically
unemotively
matter-of-factly

Definitions

drilyadverb
In a matter-of-fact or ironically humorous manner.
He drily remarked that the weather was perfect for a picnic, as the rain poured down.
Without moisture; so as to be dry.
The leaves rustled drily in the hot summer breeze.
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