droll
adjective
amusing in an odd way; whimsically humorous; waggish.
drollness
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a word derived from
droll.
Example Sentences
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British number two Cameron Norrie has also turned to drollness as he prepares to face another opponent who has a 100% winning record over him.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
Urie’s patented drollness is the only estimable glue here, in a satire that too often lands with a Jacobean thud.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022
Parker approaches her mandate to avoid political bias with a drollness that seems quintessentially British.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 7, 2017
Gasteyer played McGee with a subtle drollness that got lost in a production that steamrolled the script’s best jokes, but Wood juiced the screentime.
From The Verge ● Feb. 1, 2016
He is nicely dressed in black and has an appearance of prosperity about him, but in other respects he retains the old drollness of enunciation and manner.
From The Easiest Way Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Eugene Walter
