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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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verb

To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust.

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Dictionary Entry

wryly

Part of SpeechadverbPronunciation/ˈɹaɪli/

In a wry manner.

In a Sentence

“1966: The sins of the father, she thought wryly. Well, they had visited Tony, all right — only he didn't know it. — Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls (Grove Press 1997, p. 206)”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. wrylyobserved wrylynoted wrylycommented wrylyremarked wrylywryly smiledwryly saidwryly thought
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Related Words

sarcasticallyacerbicallywrilysardonicallyironicallysarkilysnarkilysatirically

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