wryly

• Adverbe décrivant une manière d'exprimer un humour sec, moqueur ou ironique. Il qualifie un ton ou une attitude subtilement tordu ou sarcastiquement spirituel, souvent teinté de désillusion amusée ou de scepticisme.

An adverb meaning in a way that expresses dry, mocking, or ironic humor. It describes a tone or manner that is subtly twisted or cleverly sardonic, often conveying a sense of amused disappointment or skepticism.

1. In a dryly humorous wayC1formal

   In a manner that expresses dry, mocking, or ironic humor, often with a twist of bitterness.

   Avec ironie sèche

   • He smiled wryly at his own mistake.
   • She commented wryly on the absurdity of the situation.
   • 'I suppose it could be worse,' he said wryly.

   Synonymescynicallydrylyironicallymockinglysarcasticallysardonically