What does drollery mean?
Drollery means Comical quality..
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/ˈdɹəʊləɹi/ · noun
Comical quality..
He found that Sally had a restrained, but keen, sense of the ridiculous, and she made remarks about the girls or the men who were set over them which amused him by their unexpected drollery.
You might be impressed by the simultaneous appearance of "Cardeans", "Clans" and North British Atlantics, or engaged by the drolleries of the three shunting engines, one from each company.
"I'm pregnant." "No drolleries this morning please." "Three months."
Sebastian: A liuing Drolerie : now I will beleeue That there are Vnicornes : that in Arabia There is one Tree, the Phœnix throne, one Phœnix At this houre reigning there.
Use drollery when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Drollery means Comical quality..
Common synonyms include comedy, waggery, funniness, clowning.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He found that Sally had a restrained, but keen, sense of the ridiculous, and she made remarks about the girls or the men who were set over them which amused him by their unexpected drollery.
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