What does the cryptic crossword clue "They say my life is easy, with a grimace? (5)" mean?

The definition is "with a grimace?". The wordplay uses a homophone (sounds like). homophone of RILEY Reference to Life of Riley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Riley). This was tough for me because I don’t tend to think of a WRY expression as being a grimace, but rather ironic. The answer is WRYLY.

They say my life is easy, with a grimace? (5)

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