All 5 Uses of
droll
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- It's the droll way he comes out with the things.†
Chpt 8 *droll = comical in an unusual way
- Father Conmee walked and, walking, smiled for he thought on Father Bernard Vaughan's droll eyes and cockney voice.†
Chpt 10
- Miss Douce, bending over the teatray, ruffled again her nose and rolled droll fattened eyes.†
Chpt 11
- Our two inimitable drolls did a roaring trade with their broadsheets among lovers of the comedy element and nobody who has a corner in his heart for real Irish fun without vulgarity will grudge them their hardearned pennies.†
Chpt 12
- For answer Mr Mulligan, in a gale of laughter at his smalls, smote himself bravely below the diaphragm, exclaiming with an admirable droll mimic of Mother Grogan (the most excellent creature of her sex though 'tis pity she's a trollop): There's a belly that never bore a bastard.†
Chpt 14droll = comical in an unusual way
Definition:
comical in an unusual way -- often clever and understated