Definition of droll in English:

droll

adjective drəʊldroʊl

Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.
his unique brand of droll self-mockery
Example sentencesExamples
- They're droll, yet morbid, featuring amusing little colorful happy people behaving with perfect presence of mind as their 747 ditches into the Atlantic.
- The whole scenario is rather droll at this point.
- But just as often, the movie is droll, filled with pithy, hardboiled comebacks.
- The use of old cut-out photographs of the main protagonists, against backcloths, is a neat stylistic device and Evans' narration is droll and knowing.
- Ferguson was sympathetic enough about his stricken team-mate, but could not resist a bit of droll humour.
- No matter how serious the topics, there will always be instances when it's impossible not to smile, so droll are the minimalist observations and asides.
- The tabloids did their thing, were quite droll about it.
- Perhaps, I think, he just went out on one of his famous walks, walks that I shared for many droll miles.
- They were as droll as when I saw them back in February.
- The decorations alone, often of densely packed plants and flowers with a symbolic significance now lost on most of us, are astonishingly imaginative, sometimes bawdy and often droll.
- The duke was characteristically droll about his political career.
- He made the tasting far less arduous than his younger, more dashing, but decidedly less droll counterpart who was running the show this time around.
- Many of the show's laughs derive from Lee's droll determination to take the ditty literally: how can an owl play a small guitar?
- Though not slapstick or of the knee-slapping variety, Hamer is droll and often wickedly subtle in his deadly strain of humour.
- Surely the man who dispatched such droll rejection slips to thousands of chagrined writers should not be too dismayed to find himself paid back in kind-albeit with, as editors are wont to say, sincere regrets.
- Of course, the jokes are all on backwoods Southerners, so if that isn't an amusing subject to you, don't pick up this droll satire.
- No, I didn't do the chicken dance or anything so droll.
- If you're looking for a nice enough, quirky and droll adventure film that you won't remember on Monday, then here's your movie.
- He's rather droll when he frames his request, but it's a sincere one.
- The running commentary is informative and amusingly droll.
Synonyms
funny, humorous, amusing, comic, comical, mirthful, chucklesome, hilarious, rollicking
clownish, farcical, zany, quirky, eccentric, preposterous
ridiculous, ludicrous, risible, laughable
jocular, light-hearted, facetious, waggish, witty, whimsical, wry, sportive, tongue-in-cheek
entertaining, diverting, engaging, sparkling
informal wacky, side-splitting, rib-tickling
quaint, odd, strange, queer, eccentric, outlandish, bizarre, whimsical

noun drəʊldroʊl

archaic

A jester or entertainer; a buffoon.
Example sentencesExamples
- When English replaced Cornish as the language of Cornwall, the drolls' stories began to die out as the Cornish drolls died.
Synonyms
humorist, comedian, comedienne, comic, funny man, funny woman, wag, wit, jester

Derivatives

drollery

noun ˈdrəʊləriˈdroʊl(ə)ri

As a slugger approaches the plate your child says, with a hint of drollery, ‘You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him.‘
Example sentencesExamples
- There is a sort of drollery here, beginning with ‘crumbles’.
- Bubbling over with bright ideas, visual flourishes and deadpan drollery, this is a film of wry smiles and poignant moments.
- The debonair drollery of that title sets the bar high, and keeps it high.
- It sounds like a primarily comic conceit, and an undertone of drollery does indeed resonate delicately throughout.

drollness

nounˈdrəʊlnəsˈdroʊlnəs

Indeed, they were all about anarchy in atrophy, a chance to witness real drollness and intelligence in an unforced and incredibly clever manner.
Example sentencesExamples
- But most people appreciate the candor behind the drollness and understand that the intention was well meant.
- I had inferred his wry sense of humor from the reciprocal drollness of his handwritten exchanges with Robert Kennedy.
- I believe that the power to command is the first duty you must relieve yourself of,’ he returned, with equal drollness.
- Witty as Greenberg is, he doesn't snag the drollness of Hitchcock's humor as well as he might.

drolly

adverb ˈdrəʊlliˈdrəʊlliˈdroʊlli

In a curious or unusual way that provokes dry amusement.
monkeys were drolly portrayed in human roles
Example sentencesExamples
- Will drolly expressed his scepticism
- ‘Well, I can't say it was a rags-to-riches story,’ he says drolly.
- ‘You get the same twelve assorted types listening wherever you do a reading in the country,’ he drolly points out.
- ‘It's either my magnetic personality,’ he says drolly, ‘or I'm invisible.’

Origin

Early 17th century (as an adjective): from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle 'imp, goblin'.

Droll ‘curious and unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement’, is from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle ‘imp, goblin’.

Rhymes

barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole

Definition of droll in US English:

droll

adjectivedrōldroʊl

Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement.
his unique brand of droll self-mockery
Example sentencesExamples
- No matter how serious the topics, there will always be instances when it's impossible not to smile, so droll are the minimalist observations and asides.
- No, I didn't do the chicken dance or anything so droll.
- Many of the show's laughs derive from Lee's droll determination to take the ditty literally: how can an owl play a small guitar?
- The whole scenario is rather droll at this point.
- The running commentary is informative and amusingly droll.
- Of course, the jokes are all on backwoods Southerners, so if that isn't an amusing subject to you, don't pick up this droll satire.
- The duke was characteristically droll about his political career.
- They were as droll as when I saw them back in February.
- They're droll, yet morbid, featuring amusing little colorful happy people behaving with perfect presence of mind as their 747 ditches into the Atlantic.
- He made the tasting far less arduous than his younger, more dashing, but decidedly less droll counterpart who was running the show this time around.
- The decorations alone, often of densely packed plants and flowers with a symbolic significance now lost on most of us, are astonishingly imaginative, sometimes bawdy and often droll.
- Though not slapstick or of the knee-slapping variety, Hamer is droll and often wickedly subtle in his deadly strain of humour.
- But just as often, the movie is droll, filled with pithy, hardboiled comebacks.
- Ferguson was sympathetic enough about his stricken team-mate, but could not resist a bit of droll humour.
- The tabloids did their thing, were quite droll about it.
- The use of old cut-out photographs of the main protagonists, against backcloths, is a neat stylistic device and Evans' narration is droll and knowing.
- He's rather droll when he frames his request, but it's a sincere one.
- Perhaps, I think, he just went out on one of his famous walks, walks that I shared for many droll miles.
- Surely the man who dispatched such droll rejection slips to thousands of chagrined writers should not be too dismayed to find himself paid back in kind-albeit with, as editors are wont to say, sincere regrets.
- If you're looking for a nice enough, quirky and droll adventure film that you won't remember on Monday, then here's your movie.
Synonyms
funny, humorous, amusing, comic, comical, mirthful, chucklesome, hilarious, rollicking
quaint, odd, strange, queer, eccentric, outlandish, bizarre, whimsical

noundrōldroʊl

archaic

A jester or entertainer; a buffoon.
Example sentencesExamples
- When English replaced Cornish as the language of Cornwall, the drolls' stories began to die out as the Cornish drolls died.
Synonyms
humorist, comedian, comedienne, comic, funny man, funny woman, wag, wit, jester

Origin

Early 17th century (as an adjective): from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle ‘imp, goblin’.

单词	droll
释义	Definition of droll in English: droll adjective drəʊldroʊl Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement. his unique brand of droll self-mockery Example sentencesExamples They're droll, yet morbid, featuring amusing little colorful happy people behaving with perfect presence of mind as their 747 ditches into the Atlantic. The whole scenario is rather droll at this point. But just as often, the movie is droll, filled with pithy, hardboiled comebacks. The use of old cut-out photographs of the main protagonists, against backcloths, is a neat stylistic device and Evans' narration is droll and knowing. Ferguson was sympathetic enough about his stricken team-mate, but could not resist a bit of droll humour. No matter how serious the topics, there will always be instances when it's impossible not to smile, so droll are the minimalist observations and asides. The tabloids did their thing, were quite droll about it. Perhaps, I think, he just went out on one of his famous walks, walks that I shared for many droll miles. They were as droll as when I saw them back in February. The decorations alone, often of densely packed plants and flowers with a symbolic significance now lost on most of us, are astonishingly imaginative, sometimes bawdy and often droll. The duke was characteristically droll about his political career. He made the tasting far less arduous than his younger, more dashing, but decidedly less droll counterpart who was running the show this time around. Many of the show's laughs derive from Lee's droll determination to take the ditty literally: how can an owl play a small guitar? Though not slapstick or of the knee-slapping variety, Hamer is droll and often wickedly subtle in his deadly strain of humour. Surely the man who dispatched such droll rejection slips to thousands of chagrined writers should not be too dismayed to find himself paid back in kind-albeit with, as editors are wont to say, sincere regrets. Of course, the jokes are all on backwoods Southerners, so if that isn't an amusing subject to you, don't pick up this droll satire. No, I didn't do the chicken dance or anything so droll. If you're looking for a nice enough, quirky and droll adventure film that you won't remember on Monday, then here's your movie. He's rather droll when he frames his request, but it's a sincere one. The running commentary is informative and amusingly droll. Synonyms funny, humorous, amusing, comic, comical, mirthful, chucklesome, hilarious, rollicking clownish, farcical, zany, quirky, eccentric, preposterous ridiculous, ludicrous, risible, laughable jocular, light-hearted, facetious, waggish, witty, whimsical, wry, sportive, tongue-in-cheek entertaining, diverting, engaging, sparkling informal wacky, side-splitting, rib-tickling quaint, odd, strange, queer, eccentric, outlandish, bizarre, whimsical noun drəʊldroʊl archaic A jester or entertainer; a buffoon. Example sentencesExamples When English replaced Cornish as the language of Cornwall, the drolls' stories began to die out as the Cornish drolls died. Synonyms humorist, comedian, comedienne, comic, funny man, funny woman, wag, wit, jester Derivatives drollery noun ˈdrəʊləriˈdroʊl(ə)ri As a slugger approaches the plate your child says, with a hint of drollery, ‘You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him.‘ Example sentencesExamples There is a sort of drollery here, beginning with ‘crumbles’. Bubbling over with bright ideas, visual flourishes and deadpan drollery, this is a film of wry smiles and poignant moments. The debonair drollery of that title sets the bar high, and keeps it high. It sounds like a primarily comic conceit, and an undertone of drollery does indeed resonate delicately throughout. drollness nounˈdrəʊlnəsˈdroʊlnəs Indeed, they were all about anarchy in atrophy, a chance to witness real drollness and intelligence in an unforced and incredibly clever manner. Example sentencesExamples But most people appreciate the candor behind the drollness and understand that the intention was well meant. I had inferred his wry sense of humor from the reciprocal drollness of his handwritten exchanges with Robert Kennedy. I believe that the power to command is the first duty you must relieve yourself of,’ he returned, with equal drollness. Witty as Greenberg is, he doesn't snag the drollness of Hitchcock's humor as well as he might. drolly adverb ˈdrəʊlliˈdrəʊlliˈdroʊlli In a curious or unusual way that provokes dry amusement. monkeys were drolly portrayed in human roles Example sentencesExamples Will drolly expressed his scepticism ‘Well, I can't say it was a rags-to-riches story,’ he says drolly. ‘You get the same twelve assorted types listening wherever you do a reading in the country,’ he drolly points out. ‘It's either my magnetic personality,’ he says drolly, ‘or I'm invisible.’ Origin Early 17th century (as an adjective): from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle 'imp, goblin'. Droll ‘curious and unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement’, is from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle ‘imp, goblin’. Rhymes barcarole, bole, bowl, cajole, coal, Cole, condole, console, control, dhole, dole, enrol (US enroll), extol, foal, goal, hole, Joel, knoll, kohl, mol, mole, Nicole, parol, parole, patrol, pole, poll, prole, rôle, roll, scroll, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sole, soul, stole, stroll, thole, Tirol, toad-in-the-hole, toll, troll, vole, whole Definition of droll in US English: droll adjectivedrōldroʊl Curious or unusual in a way that provokes dry amusement. his unique brand of droll self-mockery Example sentencesExamples No matter how serious the topics, there will always be instances when it's impossible not to smile, so droll are the minimalist observations and asides. No, I didn't do the chicken dance or anything so droll. Many of the show's laughs derive from Lee's droll determination to take the ditty literally: how can an owl play a small guitar? The whole scenario is rather droll at this point. The running commentary is informative and amusingly droll. Of course, the jokes are all on backwoods Southerners, so if that isn't an amusing subject to you, don't pick up this droll satire. The duke was characteristically droll about his political career. They were as droll as when I saw them back in February. They're droll, yet morbid, featuring amusing little colorful happy people behaving with perfect presence of mind as their 747 ditches into the Atlantic. He made the tasting far less arduous than his younger, more dashing, but decidedly less droll counterpart who was running the show this time around. The decorations alone, often of densely packed plants and flowers with a symbolic significance now lost on most of us, are astonishingly imaginative, sometimes bawdy and often droll. Though not slapstick or of the knee-slapping variety, Hamer is droll and often wickedly subtle in his deadly strain of humour. But just as often, the movie is droll, filled with pithy, hardboiled comebacks. Ferguson was sympathetic enough about his stricken team-mate, but could not resist a bit of droll humour. The tabloids did their thing, were quite droll about it. The use of old cut-out photographs of the main protagonists, against backcloths, is a neat stylistic device and Evans' narration is droll and knowing. He's rather droll when he frames his request, but it's a sincere one. Perhaps, I think, he just went out on one of his famous walks, walks that I shared for many droll miles. Surely the man who dispatched such droll rejection slips to thousands of chagrined writers should not be too dismayed to find himself paid back in kind-albeit with, as editors are wont to say, sincere regrets. If you're looking for a nice enough, quirky and droll adventure film that you won't remember on Monday, then here's your movie. Synonyms funny, humorous, amusing, comic, comical, mirthful, chucklesome, hilarious, rollicking quaint, odd, strange, queer, eccentric, outlandish, bizarre, whimsical noundrōldroʊl archaic A jester or entertainer; a buffoon. Example sentencesExamples When English replaced Cornish as the language of Cornwall, the drolls' stories began to die out as the Cornish drolls died. Synonyms humorist, comedian, comedienne, comic, funny man, funny woman, wag, wit, jester Origin Early 17th century (as an adjective): from French drôle, perhaps from Middle Dutch drolle ‘imp, goblin’.
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