"wryly" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1966, Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls, Grove Press, published 1997, page 206:",
          "text": "The sins of the father, she thought wryly. Well, they had visited Tony, all right—only he didn't know it.",
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          "ref": "1991, Alison Weir, The Six Wives of Henry VIII, Grove Press, published 2000, page 219:",
          "text": "‘The king is displeased with it, but he has to be patient,’ Chapuys wryly commented.",
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          "ref": "2023 May 22, Andrew Roth, “Anti-Putin militia claims to have overrun Russian border village”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "A Ukrainian presidential adviser wrote that Kyiv had nothing to do with the attacks but then wryly compared them to Russia’s past use of proxy forces to fight in Ukraine.",
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          "ref": "1909, P. G. Wodehouse, Mike:",
          "text": "It was Joe, who had taken the gloves when the wicket-keeper went on to bowl.\nMike grinned, wryly but gratefully.",
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          "ref": "1920 November 9, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Women in Love, New York, N.Y.: Privately printed [by Thomas Seltzer] for subscribers only, →OCLC:",
          "text": "“Only your Virginie,” she laughed.\n“Virginie enough,” he smiled wryly. “No, I don’t want her either.”",
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        "Contortedly."
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        "(of a facial expression) Contortedly."
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