drollness
Example Sentences
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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
Brad Paisley has parlayed his drollness into a long-running gig as a host of the Country Music Association Awards and a new one as M.C. for the Wild West Comedy Festival in Nashville.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2016
In high spirits at first, with his natural drollness, stimulated to brilliancy, his sallies brought smiles from those at adjoining tables.
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart
