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drollery
[ droh-luh-ree ]
noun
plural drolleries.
- something whimsically amusing or funny.
- an oddly amusing story or jest.
- a droll quality or manner; whimsical humor.
- the action or behavior of a droll, waggish person; jesting.
- a comic picture.
- Archaic. a puppet show.
drollery
/ ˈəʊəɪ /
noun
- humour; comedy
- rare.a droll act, story, or remark
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At his most winning despite his character’s lethal nature, Gyllenhaal keeps up the one-liners and drollery.
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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.
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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.
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But for all the drollery, the performance seems carved in a marble of suffering.
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But mostly when aiming for drollery, the songwriters overshoot and wind up at operetta.
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