Drollery
['drəʊlərɪ]
Definition
(noun.) a quaint and amusing jest.
(noun.) a comic incident or series of incidents.
Inputed by Abner--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality of being droll; sportive tricks; buffoonery; droll stories; comical gestures or manners.
(n.) Something which serves to raise mirth
(n.) A puppet show; also, a puppet.
(n.) A lively or comic picture.
Edited by Blair
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Pleasantry, fun, facetiousness, waggishness, waggery, buffoonery, comicality.
Typed by Belinda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fun, whimsicality, comicality, trickery, buffoonery, facetiousness, pleasantry
ANT:Gravity, dismally, ruefulness, priggishness, starch, lugubriousness
Typist: Michael
Examples
- I remarked with some drollery, and I thought he never would have ceased laughing at me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There was a time, said poor Tom Sheridan, with much drollery of expression, there was a time--but now! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Topsy came up; her round, hard eyes glittering and blinking with a mixture of apprehensiveness and their usual odd drollery. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Well, well, said St. Clare, passing on, with his usual air of negligent drollery, that's very well got up, Adolph. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Checker: Maisie