All 5 Uses of
droll
in
Lord Jim
- The little machine shook and rocked tumultuously, and the crimson nape of that lowered neck, the size of those straining thighs, the immense heaving of that dingy, striped green-and-orange back, the whole burrowing effort of that gaudy and sordid mass, troubled one's sense of probability with a droll and fearsome effect, like one of those grotesque and distinct visions that scare and fascinate one in a fever.†
Chpt 5
- Droll, isn't it?†
Chpt 9 *
- It is droll how one forgets.†
Chpt 12
- One might have thought they had such a droll find (drole de trouvaille) brought them every day.†
Chpt 12
- 'This was their usual greeting to each other, and the bit of swagger she would put into her rather high but sweet voice was very droll, pretty, and childlike.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(droll) comical in an unusual way -- often clever and understated