drollery
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8.6
- noun
- /ˈdroʊləri/
- Archaic
:
gracia
- Her drollery during the meeting lightened the mood, and everyone felt more relaxed.
Examples
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Everyone laughed at his latest drollery about the mishaps they had on vacation.
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That's quite enough drollery, gentlemen.
Fiction book (1996) -
The woman's exterior seemed so conventional, even fussy; this playful drollery came as a surprise.
Fiction book (2002) -
Aunt Tammy's talent for "abusive drolleries" enabled her to turn the entire proceeding into a farce.
Academic text (1998) -
The buffoonery of perspective, lighting, and atmosphere is, for her hypersensitive nervous system, the pretext for drollery full of irony and wit.
Academic text (2014) -
The film was filled with drollery, making the audience chuckle at every turn.
Synonyms
70
3.7
A short funny remark that makes people laugh
58
1.9
A short story that makes people laugh
23
4.2
A playful remark meant to make people laugh
20
6.4
A short, clever thing someone says to make people laugh
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8.1
A short clever remark that surprises and amuses people
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1.0
A short story or remark that makes people laugh
6
1.0
A short time when something makes people laugh
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7.2
A clever short remark meant to make people laugh
1
4.9
A very funny person or event that makes you laugh a lot
Antonyms
How Amusing
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Drollery comes from the older word droll and from French drole, which once meant 'a jester' or 'an odd person'. So drollery is the act or quality of being amusing, odd, or playful, which is why it means 'something funny or whimsical'.