All 3 Uses of
droll
in
The Idiot
- 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.†
Chpt 3.4 *droll = comical in an unusual way
- I had procured it while still a boy, at that droll age when the stories of duels and highwaymen begin to delight one, and when one imagines oneself nobly standing fire at some future day, in a duel.†
Chpt 3.7
- "Yes, it's a droll situation; I really don't know what advice to give you," replied Evgenie, laughing.†
Chpt 3.7
Definition:
comical in an unusual way -- often clever and understated