drollery
Americannoun
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something whimsically amusing or funny.
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an oddly amusing story or jest.
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a droll quality or manner; whimsical humor.
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the action or behavior of a droll, waggish person; jesting.
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a comic picture.
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Archaic. a puppet show.
noun
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humour; comedy
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rare a droll act, story, or remark
Etymology
Origin of drollery
Example Sentences
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The drollery in “Seasons” is based on the eternal question about what can, and invariably will, go wrong next.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026
The result was an interview brimming with drollery and repartee, as they talked about the rumours of a Beatles reunion, the future of rock music, and life with the Wings.
From BBC • Dec. 27, 2023
And Pierce, maximizing the situational drollery, treats the character as though he were kin to one of the Gilbert & Sullivan figures he performed with aplomb in his apprenticeship days.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023
All of which is very funny — if that kind of quirkiness and drollery is your cup of tea.
From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2023
Droll, drōl, adj. odd: amusing: laughable.—n. one who excites mirth: a jester.—v.i. to practise drollery: to jest.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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