drollery

American  

[droh-luh-ree] / ˈdroʊ lə ri /

noun

PLURAL

drolleries

1. something whimsically amusing or funny.

2. an oddly amusing story or jest.

3. a droll quality or manner; whimsical humor.

4. the action or behavior of a droll, waggish person; jesting.

5. a comic picture.

6. Archaic.  a puppet show.

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drollery British  

/ ˈdrəʊlərɪ /

noun

1. humour; comedy

2. rare  a droll act, story, or remark

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Etymology

Origin of drollery

1590–1600; droll + -ery; compare French drôlerie

Example Sentences

But for all the drollery, the performance seems carved in a marble of suffering.

From Los Angeles Times

But mostly when aiming for drollery, the songwriters overshoot and wind up at operetta.

From New York Times

All of which is very funny — if that kind of quirkiness and drollery is your cup of tea.

From New York Times

It’s kind of jarring to learn that “Losing My Edge,” LCD’s breakout single, in which Murphy elaborates on the title condition, was born out of genuine desperation rather than ironic drollery.

From New York Times

“Yellow Submarine” started out as a lament — “In the place where I was born/No one cared,” Lennon sang at first — but turned into sound effects-laden drollery.

From New York Times