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
But mostly when aiming for drollery, the songwriters overshoot and wind up at operetta.
From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
You want to see him walk, you want to see him skip—oh, the incomparable drollery of that demure little step!—you want to hear him talk, you want to hear him laugh.
From Leaves in the Wind by A. G. (Alfred George) Gardiner
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
These drolleries are best digested over an espresso at a Sutri cafe; failing that, any Starbucks will do.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Silvernail's drolleries help to relieve tension at terror stricken moments.
From Time Magazine Archive
The servant was looking at the lady respectfully enough, but behind the respect lurked curiosity, for even a servant may question the drolleries and vagaries of his masters.
From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various
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