Wryly

adv. Also 6–7 wrily. [f. WRY a. + -LY².] In a wry, oblique or distorted manner.

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Frequent in recent use.

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1580. Hollyband, Treas. Fr. Tong, Tortuement,… wrily, crookedly.

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1611. Cotgr., Obliquement, obliquely, wrily.

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1736. Ainsworth, Lat. Dict., s.v. Contorte.

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1848. Landor, Imag. Conv., Wks. I. 16/2. Most of these … have chewed upon it harshly and wryly.

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1893. Chambers’s Jrnl., 18 March, 164/2. Mr. Jones smiled wryly.

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