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# dryly

«dryly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a plain, calm way that hides a joke or a little scorn…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (dryly; also written drily)

### meaning for a pupil

Dryly means in a plain, calm way that hides a joke or a little scorn, showing little feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a king or narrator speaks in a flat voice that shows he is amused or not impressed

### examples

- "Thank you," said the king dryly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/#x1)
- "Well, that is one way to do it," she said dryly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/#x2)
- He answered dryly, as if he had heard the joke before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dryly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dryly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.