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Definition: Wryly |
WrylyAdverb1. In a wry manner; "`I see,' he commented wryly". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "wryly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1937. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Boston - Winston Churchill, in an adress [sic] at the M.I.T. Mid-Century Convocation at Boston Garden, smiled wryly when he commended Truman for his forecasting ability on the election. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He smiled wryly. |
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| "Wryly" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Wryly" is used about 343 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 343 | 15,445 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "wryly": wryly-beloved, wryly-turned. | |
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| Language | Translations for "wryly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
French | farfelu. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | verdreht (confused, contorts, crazy, dippy, distorts, garbled, kinky, misrepresents, perverts, screwed up, skews, sophisticates, twisted, warped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | στρεβλά, πικρόχολα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kényszeredetten. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | storto (angled, askew, awry, bandy, crooked, dippy, skew, skews, wry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ylywray криво (askew). (various references) snett (askance, askant, askew). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Wryly" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: wrely, wril, wrile, wrily, wryley, wyl, wyrly. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "wryly" (pronounced rī"lē) |
| 4 | r ī" l ē | dryly, Riley. |
| 3 | -ī" l ē | highly, shyly, slyly, Smiley, wily. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "l-r-w-y-y" | |
-2 letters: wry. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-r-w-y-y" | |
+3 letters: lawyerly, waylayer. | |
+4 letters: waylayers, waywardly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 72 79 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. -.--. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01110010 01111001 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W r y l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0072 0079 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5784917891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, французский, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, немецкий, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, греческий, грек, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ryss |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, svensk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, английский, engelsk |
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