All 5 Uses
droll
in
Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson
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- It was droll how Alan dwelt on Mr. Riach's stature, for, to say the truth, the one was not much smaller than the other.†
Chpt 18droll = comical in an unusual way
- "Eh, man," said I, drolling with him a little, "you're very ingenious!†
Chpt 21
- "And that is an excellent observe, Mr. Balfour of Shaws," says Alan, drolling with me; "and it would certainly be much simpler for me to write to him, but it would be a sore job for John Breck to read it.†
Chpt 21
- "Well," said Alan, with one of his droll looks, "I was rather in hopes it would maybe get us that boat."†
Chpt 26 *droll = comical in an unusual way
- The very sight of Torrance brings in my head a little droll matter of some years ago, when I had made a tryst with the poor oaf at the cross of Edinburgh.†
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(1)
(droll) comical in an unusual way -- often clever and understated
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)