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词汇 wryly
释义 wryly
adverb
uk /ˈraɪ.li/ us /ˈraɪ.li/
in a way that shows you find a bad or difficult situation slightly funny: 讽刺地;解嘲地
He grinned wryly.他苦笑着。
Aides described him as wryly amused at intensifying interest in his whereabouts by the media.他的助手们说,媒体对他的行踪越来越感兴趣,这令他感到好笑。
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wry
As Eaton wryly notes ,"Hope is not a method."
All it took, he says wryly , were 23 drafts to get the proposal approved.
He takes a hit of nose spray, wryly noting that the medicine is his new addiction.
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Examples of wryly


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Xu's pseudo-calligraphic scripts wryly extend such historical precedences, building towards the future while acknowledging the past.
Although welcoming the postmodern critique in anthropology that emphasizes the transnational, he wryly observes that this has tended to produce more jargon than insight.
They also looked on with knowing smiles as if wryly aware of the both the foibles of the upper classes and the limitations of their own social striving.
And there are many wryly humorous comments.
I am always amused, sometimes wryly amused, by the fact that floating was presented as a very new idea which would solve everything.
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I may add, wryly, that my suspicion is that if things were bad we would have heard about it.
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I observe, perhaps rather wryly, that some of the difficulties are illustrated by the uncertainties that have attended parliamentary business over the past 10 days.
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Such agents smile wryly when they find a new technicality, however much injustice it will cause.
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He can wring his face wryly at my rhetoric in response.
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I cannot help remembering wryly what happened when we discussed police amalgamation.
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I sometimes wryly wish that that same pressure could come from the public to display, retain and conserve the myriad great works of art which we already have.
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He concluded wryly that the modern curriculum vitae is essential.
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His music combines various styles of rock music with often wryly humorous kid-related lyrics to create what he refers to as cool tunes for kids.
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His wryly comic verse is accessible and has attracted a great following for its satirical and observant grace.
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Cotton wryly referred to herself as the assistant.
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