drollery
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The drollery in “Seasons” is based on the eternal question about what can, and invariably will, go wrong next.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
At his most winning despite his character’s lethal nature, Gyllenhaal keeps up the one-liners and drollery.
From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
The result was an interview brimming with drollery and repartee, as they talked about the rumours of a Beatles reunion, the future of rock music, and life with the Wings.
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
But for all the drollery, the performance seems carved in a marble of suffering.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
"Mr. Boyesen's stories possess a sweetness, a tenderness, and a drollery that are fascinating, and yet they are no more attractive than they are strong."
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Sidney Lanier
Mencken–esque drolleries that serve nobody but their own egos.
From Time ● Sep. 21, 2011
It is notable for its drolleries of language and image, occasional descents into outright corniness and flat-footed insistence on randomness, coincidence or uninflected information as the artist’s main compositional options.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2010
His whims, his spirit, his drolleries alike have made him an ideal figure of the eccentric and high talented artist.
From Time Magazine Archive
That they somehow manage to sustain the deadpan drolleries and laugh-out-loud situations is truly remarkable.
From Time Magazine Archive
More drolleries are uttered unintentionally than by premeditation.
From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous
