drily

Written in a flippant, droll style; drily humorous observations pepper the text.

For this short break adventure he was joined by actor and comedian Sally Phillips and, in his little tour guide bit at the start, he informed us drily: "Stockholm was founded in 1252 and promoted in 1634 to Sweden's capital, but it was frankly an irrelevance until the formation of Abba in 1972."

The official was unsure whether he should inform Mr Macmillan, but noted drily: "From this point of view it is perhaps fortunate that Mr Maudling has ceased to be President of the Board of Trade.

The link kept breaking down and at one point a journalist shouted at the usher: "Is there anything worth watching on the other side?" To which the usher, looking at his watch, answered drily: "Only Loose Women.

He was one of the sport's best-loved TV commentators: spare, intelligent and drily witty.

The Clerk in charge of the ballot for these spots is Kate Emms, and as Cockerell drily observes, "for such an important job it's very like organising a village fete".

Memories of Manson in a drily detached psycho-drama that could have used a bit more Helter Skelter.

Stuffed with soul-searching, it's touching, uplifting and drily funny.

He may not be able to speak well - he can only remember his name starts with R and isn't sure how he died - but he can think, as his intelligent and drily witty narration proves.

Accompanying a wizened precinct cop on his beat, Gao Qunshu's drama takes a drily humorous observational approach to human behavior.

It raises important issues about the way society treats the chaotic and homeless and yet does so in a highly readable, fluent and, at times, drily amusing way.

Drily witty to the last, she spirals into madness and suicide.