wryly

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He remembers -- wryly -- that the team looked worse than he did.

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  1. In a wry, distorted, or awkward manner. Most of them have tried their fortune at some little lottery-office of literature, and, receiving a blank, have chewed upon it harshly and wryly. Landor, Imag. Conv., Southey and Porson, 1.

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  • Monk grinned wryly, and scratched his nubbin of a head. —  030 - Spook Hole
  • She grinned wryly, then we both looked up at the Klein for a minute or two. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 01 - July 1999
  • Muriel smiled wryly, and Barbara, seeing her smile, grinned too. —  AUGUST, 1953 VOL
  • Jorand nodded wryly, as though he understood, but didn't like it much. —  Carr, John F, Kalvan Kingmaker (v1.0) (html).html
  • “Which pieces of this story did we control?” Quincy asked wryly, after skimming the article. —  Gone by Lisa Gardner
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