Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrily

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wrily
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Alternative form of wryly.

Example Sentences

"But Redburn, from the start, had linked himself to those ambiguous red men, in an image part physical, part wrily metaphysical."
"He grinned wrily. “I guess she keeps me on my toes."

Inflected Forms

more wrily (comparative) most wrily (superlative)

Questions

What does wrily mean?: Alternative form of wryly.

How to pronounce wrily

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