drily

adv

1. Alternative spelling of dryly.

   ““Anybody been here, Sammy?” asked Mr. Weller senior, drily, after a long silence.”

   “Füssli […] gives an account of the painter which is largely occupied with a consideration of his masterpiece, the ‘Battle of Waterloo.’ He comments upon the prominence given to Wellington in the picture, and rather drily remarks […] that the rearward position assigned Blücher is not an ungraceful tribute to Germany ! the intention undoubtedly being ‘der deutschen Bescheidenheit ein Compliment zu machen.’”