DRILY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for DRILY?

Need another word that means the same as “drily”? Find 2 synonyms and 30 related words for “drily” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Drily” are: dryly, laconically

Drily as an Adverb

Definitions of "Drily" as an adverb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “drily” as an adverb can have the following definitions:

• In a matter-of-fact or ironically humorous way.
• In a dry way or condition.
• In a dry laconic manner.

Synonyms of "Drily" as an adverb (2 Words)

dryly	In a dry laconic manner he said dryly. I know that he said dryly.
laconically	In a dry laconic manner.

Usage Examples of "Drily" as an adverb

• Evans swallowed drily.
• ‘How very observant’, he said drily.

Associations of "Drily" (30 Words)

anhydrous	Without water; especially without water of crystallization.
arid	Lacking sufficient water or rainfall. An arid climate.
aridity	A deficiency of moisture (especially when resulting from a permanent absence of rainfall.
blacken	Make or become black. Stone blackened by the soot of ages.
char	Material that has been charred. Without a drenching rain the forest fire will char everything.
climatic	Relating to climate. Under certain climatic conditions desert locusts increase in number.
dehydrate	Preserve by removing all water and liquids from. Carry dehydrated food on your camping trip.
desert	Desert a cause a country or an army often in order to join the opposing cause country or army. The tourists have deserted the beaches.
desiccant	A hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent. A small packet of desiccant to absorb any moisture.
desiccate	Preserve by removing all water and liquids from. A prissy and emotionless creature settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery.
desiccated	Thoroughly dried out. Desiccated representatives of the political establishment.
desiccation	Dryness resulting from the removal of water. Stems were stored in plastic bags to prevent desiccation.
dried	Preserved by removal or evaporation of moisture. Dried lavender flowers.
drought	Thirst. Farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season.
dryness	Lack or absence of rainfall or humidity. It does little to rescue the ordinary moment from dryness and tedium.
evaporate	Cause to change into a vapor. This gets the oil hot enough to evaporate any moisture.
evaporation	The process of turning from liquid into vapour. Thousands of employees witnessed the rapid evaporation of their retirement plans.
famish	Die of food deprivation. They had famished the city into surrender.
humidity	Wetness in the atmosphere. The humidity should be supplied by regularly spraying the leaves.
moisturize	Make (more) humid. Revitalize your face moisturize your skin.
parch	Cause to wither or parch from exposure to heat. A piece of grassland parched by the sun.
parched	Toasted or roasted slightly. I m parched I ll die without a drink.
precipitation	The process of forming a chemical precipitate. He is responsible for the precipitation of his own demise.
scorch	A plant disease that produces a browning or scorched appearance of plant tissues. The meat had scorched.
sear	Burn or scorch the surface of (something) with a sudden, intense heat. When summer sears the plains.
semiarid	Somewhat arid. A semiarid region with little annual rainfall.
shrivel	Wither, as with a loss of moisture. The flowers simply shrivelled up.
singe	Be lightly or superficially burned. My eyebrows singed when I bent over the flames.
thirst	A physiological need to drink. They quenched their thirst with spring water.
withered	(of a part of the body) shrunken or wrinkled from age or disease. A lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws.