drollery
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The mise en scène is sumptuously prepared with flourishes of rococo drollery.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2026
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
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
It’s kind of jarring to learn that “Losing My Edge,” LCD’s breakout single, in which Murphy elaborates on the title condition, was born out of genuine desperation rather than ironic drollery.
From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2022
The eminent actor, who sustained this scene alone, kept the audience in one roar of laughter by his exquisite burlesque and natural drollery.
From The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First by Carlo Gozzi
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
While Mr. Skinner 'dominated the proceedings, Dapple was responsible for the most engaging drolleries.
From Time Magazine Archive
His whims, his spirit, his drolleries alike have made him an ideal figure of the eccentric and high talented artist.
From Time Magazine Archive
But up and down this little book, too, there are some drolleries of spelling.
From Schools, School-Books and Schoolmasters by W. Carew Hazlitt
