WRYLY
What does "WRYLY" mean?
In a dryly humorous or sardonically ironic manner.
Meanings
- With dry, understated humor or mocking irony. He smiled wryly at the absurdity of the situation.
- With a twist or bend; in a contorted way. Her mouth twisted wryly with distaste.
Did you know?
- Wry humor is literally crooked humor - 'wry' first meant physically twisted, and the sense of dry wit grew from the picture of a sideways, twisted smile.
Word origin
From 'wry' (twisted, bent) plus the adverb suffix '-ly'; 'wry' comes from Old English 'wrīgian' (to turn or bend), so to speak wryly is to give a sentence a twist.
Remember it
WRYLY is dRYLY with a W - dry wit, delivered with a twist.
A little poem
She read the bad news, sipped her tea, and wryly said it twice-
the laugh she kept was crooked, but the crook was worth the price.
couplet
What it teaches
A wry smile is grief that decided to keep its dignity.
Quick facts
What does WRYLY mean?
In a dryly humorous or sardonically ironic manner.
Is WRYLY a valid word?
Yes — WRYLY is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is WRYLY?
WRYLY has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does WRYLY come from?
From 'wry' (twisted, bent) plus the adverb suffix '-ly'; 'wry' comes from Old English 'wrīgian' (to turn or bend), so to speak wryly is to give a sentence a twist.
What can WRYLY teach us?
A wry smile is grief that decided to keep its dignity.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.