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Definition
comical in an odd wayor:
comical — while clever and understated
- I appreciate her droll sense of humor.
droll = comical in an odd way
or:
comical — while clever and understated
or:
comical — while clever and understated
- I can usually count on a droll tweet a week from her.
- "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
droll = comical in an odd way
or:
comical — while clever and understated
or:
comical — while clever and understated