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droll
/ drəʊl /
adjective
- amusing in a quaint or odd manner; comical
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Derived Forms
- ˈdrollness, noun
- ˈdrolly, adverb
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Other Words From
- drollness noun
- drolly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of droll1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of droll1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
And, as the enigmatic front man to an avant garde indie rock group, he is droll, perceptive, and splendidly weird.
And Pratt is at once macho, charming, and droll; a Han Solo for the Facebook generation.
She ran the gamut with physical humor and dished out droll, self-deprecating one-liners.
But unlike True Detective it was also droll, playful, quirky, invigorating, and creative.
Truth in Advertising balances the droll with the hopeful and the glib with the heartfelt.
No one would listen to him but old Monsieur Farival, who went into convulsions over the droll story.
If this be so, doubtless there must likewise be the ghosts of dogs (what "droll dogs" they must be), also of puppies, and asses.
Irish anecdotes are exceedingly droll; but they only tend to show the thoughtless side of the Irish character.
"Your interference in my affairs grows really droll, monsieur," said the Marquis tartly.
The close association of Parpon and Valmond—that was droll; yet, too, it had a sort of fitness, she knew scarcely why.
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