wrily

English

Adverb

wrily (comparative more wrily, superlative most wrily)

1. (less common) Alternative form of wryly
   • 1849, Herman Melville, Redburn, Penguin, published 1986, page 20:

     But Redburn, from the start, had linked himself to those ambiguous red men, in an image part physical, part wrily metaphysical.

   • 1994, Elizabeth Adler, Legacy of Secrets, Island, published 1994, page 434:

     He grinned wrily. “I guess she keeps me on my toes.