He found that Sally had a restrained, but keen, sense of the ridiculous, and she made remarks about the girls or the men who were set over them which amused him by their unexpected drollery.
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Drollery
//ˈdɹəʊləɹi//
Synonyms for "drollery" (19 found)
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15 translations across 4 languages.
Irish
4 entries- aisteachas noun (comical quality)
- aistiúlacht noun (comical quality)
- anstrólaíocht noun (comical quality)
- anstrólaíocht noun (amusing behavior)
Italian
1 entries- buffoneria noun (amusing behavior)
Polish
2 entries- komizm noun (comical quality)
- zabawność noun (comical quality)
Russian
3 entries- заба́вность noun (amusing behavior)
- коми́чность noun (comical quality)
- ю́мор noun (comical quality)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
You might be impressed by the simultaneous appearance of "Cardeans", "Clans" and North British Atlantics, or engaged by the drolleries of the three shunting engines, one from each company.
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"I'm pregnant." "No drolleries this morning please." "Three months."
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Sebastian: A liuing Drolerie : now I will beleeue That there are Vnicornes : that in Arabia There is one Tree, the Phœnix throne, one Phœnix At this houre reigning there.
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