drily vs. dryly

Stupid question alert.....

This one is driving me nuts. I thought it was just a British vs. American spelling thing, but recently I've seen "drily" in at least two novels published by American publishers.

I like "drily" - it just looks better to me for some reason, but Word slaps my wrist every time I write it that way. Does it matter which one I use?

maestrowork said:

I can't think of anything that I would use the adverb.

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My characters are often deadpan.