"dryly" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˈdɹaɪ.li/ Forms: more dryly [comparative], most dryly [superlative]
enPR: drīʹli Etymology: From dry + -ly. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|dry|ly}} dry + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} dryly (comparative more dryly, superlative most dryly)
  1. In a dry manner. Synonyms: drily Translations (in a dry manner): хладно (hladno) (Bulgarian), безчувствено (bezčuvstveno) (Bulgarian), eixutament (Catalan), secament (Catalan), kuivasti (Finnish), sèchement (French), secamente (Galician), sausi (Latvian), sucho (Polish), secamente (Portuguese), sec (Romanian), uscat (Romanian), су́хо (súxo) (Russian), secamente (Spanish)
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      "sense": "in a dry manner",
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      "sense": "in a dry manner",
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      "sense": "in a dry manner",
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