droll
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
a droll person; jester; wag.
Archaic. to jest; joke.
Origin of droll
1synonym study For droll
Other words for droll
Opposites for droll
Other words from droll
- drollness, noun
- drolly, adverb
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How to use droll in a sentence
Drolls—comic or domestic tales which may or may not make use of the impossible, the marvelous, or the preternatural.
Literature in the Elementary School | Porter Lander MacClintockHe studied under Peter Grebber and painted drunken scenes and drolls.
Many of the tales in this volume, as in similar collections for other European countries, are what the folklorists call Drolls.
English Fairy Tales | AnonymousThere is scarce one of them without a veil, and a trusty Diego, who drolls much after the rate of the "Adventures."
The most notable of our drolls, Buckstone and Keeley, have been here, and have received a cordial welcome.
British Dictionary definitions for droll
/ (drəʊl) /
amusing in a quaint or odd manner; comical
Origin of droll
1Derived forms of droll
- drollness, noun
- drolly, adverb
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