droll
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7.7
- adjective
- /droʊl/
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divertido
- The rest is a romp through well-choreographed martial arts, unexpected villains, droll one-liners, and beautiful but disposable Bond girls.
- droll humor
- droll sense
- very droll
Examples
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The tall one's gawking at me and the short one's being very droll.
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Ruth Reichl's first book, the autobiographical Tender at the Bone, disarmed readers with its droll candor.
Blog text (3) -
Indeed, it's so droll that some people drop money for him.
Fiction book (2000) -
But Anna is such a dear, droll child.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's very droll, I do declare
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Oddly enough, it now seemed somewhat droll and lame.
Fiction book (1996) -
The doctor grinned as though Heiberg had just said something droll.
Fiction book (1996) -
The voice continues, droll, sardonic, the voice of a weary time traveler.
Fiction book (1990) -
In recent years, he'd cut films only for Mel Adler, a droll, balding guy who was one of Hollywood's leading directors of slapstick comedy.
Fiction book (1997) -
The comedian's droll observations about everyday life had the audience laughing uncontrollably.
Synonyms
740
2.0
Causing a strange feeling in your body
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5.9
Odd in a funny or silly way
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3.1
Making people laugh because it is silly or unusual
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7.6
Funny and odd in a silly way that makes people laugh
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9.3
Strange and amusing in how a person or thing looks and acts
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7.7
Funny in a strange or silly way
Playful and a little strange in a way that makes people smile
Lively and slightly odd in a way that makes people smile
Antonyms
How Amusing
Surface Forms
Etymology
Droll comes from the old French word drôle, which meant 'funny' or an 'odd' person, like a clown. So to call someone droll is to say they are amusing in a strange or unexpected way.