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
The two persons pitched on for decoying Mat were Dolan and Traynor, who accordingly set out, full of glee at the singularity and drollness of their undertaking.
From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by William Carleton
