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
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
All of which is very funny — if that kind of quirkiness and drollery is your cup of tea.
From New York Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
Having unburdened herself, she has freed herself to get on with the drollery of living.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2022
Characterized by a delicious drollery; ... beneath the surface play of words lies a tragi-comedy of life....
From Telepathy and the Subliminal Self by R. Osgood Mason
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
These drolleries are best digested over an espresso at a Sutri cafe; failing that, any Starbucks will do.
From Time Magazine Archive
He missed them all sorely, Merrihew with his cheery laugh, Kitty with her bright eyes, and O'Mally with his harmless drolleries.
From The Lure of the Mask by Harrison Fisher
