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drollness



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British number two Cameron Norrie has also turned to drollness as he prepares to face another opponent who has a 100% winning record over him.

From BBC Jan. 22, 2026

Urie’s patented drollness is the only estimable glue here, in a satire that too often lands with a Jacobean thud.

From Washington Post Dec. 20, 2022

Parker approaches her mandate to avoid political bias with a drollness that seems quintessentially British.

From The New Yorker Jun. 7, 2017

Gasteyer played McGee with a subtle drollness that got lost in a production that steamrolled the script’s best jokes, but Wood juiced the screentime.

From The Verge Feb. 1, 2016

"There will be something in that," said Bryde, and laughed a loud ringing laugh, as the drollness of the business came on him.

From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by John Sillars




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