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Definition

comical in an odd way

or:

comical — while clever and understated

I appreciate her droll sense of humor.

droll = comical in an odd way

or:

comical — while clever and understated

I can usually count on a droll tweet a week from her.

droll = comical in an odd way

or:

comical — while clever and understated

"Imagine my surprise," Jess added drolly, "when I was her last resort."
Sarah Dessen -- This Lullaby
Dry, droll, and a heart of gold.
Chris Kyle -- American Sniper
How droll and dry he was!
Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
Droll was the word he used, I think.
Megan Whalen Turner -- Queen of Attolia
Droll thing life is—that mysterious arrangement of merciless logic for a futile purpose.
Joseph Conrad -- Heart of Darkness
He has a long pedigree, a crooked tail and the drollest "phiz" in dogdom.
Helen Keller -- Story of My Life
Adah would, of course, say something more droll, such as "Why, Rachel, your interest in personal hygiene has truly become a higher calling.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible
"Well," said Alan, with one of his droll looks, "I was rather in hopes it would maybe get us that boat."
Robert Louis Stevenson -- Kidnapped
He is so droll, that Samson.
Charles Dickens -- A Tale of Two Cities
Laughingly with a few droll caresses he turned me about so that I faced the gigantic mirror on the wall.
Hermann Hesse -- Steppenwolf
She looked at him with the droll, mischievous expression of a child.
Alfred Bester -- The Demolished Man
"Freddie, you are so droll," she replied.
Stephen Crane -- Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
"Uh-huh," Aria said drolly, watching him scamper away, his boxers slowly sliding down to reveal his pale, defined-from-running butt.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars
That droll action established anew Milly's faith in an understanding between her and this man.
Zane Grey -- The Thundering Herd
Mrs. Fanning rolled her hips in a droll way like someone trying to keep up a Hula-Hoop.
Julia Alvarez -- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
His droll expression seemed to say that he had found the secret of contentment.
Willa Cather -- My Antonia
Muishkin turned, and to his great surprise observed a red, flushed face and a droll-looking figure which he recognized at once as that of Ferdishenko.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky -- The Idiot
Unlike stone-faced Mr. Pavlikovsky he was quite talkative, full of jokes or anekdoty as he called them, which he told in a droll, rapid-fire monotone.
Donna Tartt -- The Goldfinch

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