remark drily
Frequency: 6.57.1 per million words
to say something as a comment in a dry, witty way
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Examples (10)
- "Another meeting that could have been an email," he remarked drily.
- "I see you've tidied up," she remarked drily, gesturing at the pile of clothes on the floor.
- "Well, that was predictable," the detective remarked drily as the villain confessed immediately.
- The professor drily remarked that a five-minute presentation should not, in fact, take twenty.
- As the rain began to pour on their picnic, he could only remark drily, "Perfect weather for it."
- If he's late again, I'm sure someone will remark drily on his excellent timekeeping.
- Watching the chaotic scene unfold, he stood back, drily remarking that it was "organized chaos at its finest."
- "I'm overwhelmed by your enthusiasm," the manager remarked drily to the silent room.
- My grandfather simply surveyed the wreckage and drily remarked, "A bit of a draft now."
- The critic drily remarked that the movie's plot was thinner than the popcorn.