All 3 Uses of
droll
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- I confess this is the drollest thing I have ever met with in the course of my extensive foreign transactions, and you may readily suppose it has greatly roused my curiosity.†
Chpt 45-46 *
- "Come in, my lord," said Philip in a low tone, "and I will show you something droll."†
Chpt 77-78droll = comical in an unusual way
- Come, come, this is very droll—very amusing—I allow; but, as I am very hungry, pray allow me to eat.†
Chpt 115-116
Definition:
comical in an unusual way -- often clever and understated