wryly

[ rahy-lee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adverb

in a mockingly or amusingly ironic way:
It will be an evening of wryly thoughtful musing, whimsical conversation, and a few old-timey songs.
in a bitter or scornful way; sardonically:
The writer wryly adds that he has complete faith in humanity's ability to wake up at the alarm and promptly hit the snooze button.
in a distorted, bent, or lopsided manner:
His lips twisted wryly at the acknowledgment.

Origin of wryly¹

And, as Gow adds wryly from his own personal experience, “To a huge extent they achieved that aim very well.”

He was friendly, a little nervous, getting over a cold, and wryly funny.

“Maybe the article should have been titled ‘The End of Women,’” one commenter wryly observed.

As the publication Pravda wryly observed, the entire theory appears designed to keep young women on the straight and narrow.

On the outbreak of the Second World War, he told friends wryly: ‘At any rate we now have less chance of dying of cancer’.

"Oh, no, you're not giving me any more dopes—" Then he stopped, for suddenly it all seemed wryly humorous to him.

"It would have been easier to bring along a helicopter," Wayne said wryly.

As he stood in the rising elevator, Houston wondered wryly if the number 13 was good luck or bad in this case.

Shann grinned wryly now at the short period of childish hope and half-confidence that he could do big things.

Gordon grinned wryly; Fats would probably make more than ever.

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