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adj.amusing, farcical

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There is, however, a curious difference between talkers and do’ers as the droll Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy makes clear.

OF BULLETS AND BALLOTSSEAN CULLIGANOCTOBER 9, 2021OZY

Mortimer smartly repurposes Mitford’s droll prose as a voiceover without framing Fanny’s narration as the full picture.

AMAZON’S DIVINE PERIOD ROMANCE THE PURSUIT OF LOVE GIVES CLASSIC SOCIAL SATIRE A MODERN TWISTJUDY BERMANJULY 30, 2021TIME

Serious in his reporting but droll in delivery, Mudd would broadcast from the Capitol every day the civil rights filibuster lasted, an idea that sprang from Fred Friendly, the new head of CBS News.

THE MEDIA WILL BE KEY TO OVERCOMING A SENATE FILIBUSTER ON VOTING RIGHTSDONALD RITCHIEAPRIL 12, 2021WASHINGTON POST

His droll, dark playfulness spills over into the recreations, too.

IT’S ASTOUNDING THAT HBO’S NEW DOCUSERIES EXTERMINATE ALL THE BRUTES EVEN EXISTSALISSA WILKINSONAPRIL 9, 2021VOX

Her observation of the fragility and loveliness of daily life is so sharp and her commentary so droll, trenchant and precise, that the modest world she describes becomes almost numinous.

‘BROOD,’ A QUIET MEDITATION ON THE SMALL STUFF, MAKES FOR A PERFECT PANDEMIC READJENNIFER REESEMARCH 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST

No one would listen to him but old Monsieur Farival, who went into convulsions over the droll story.

THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN

If this be so, doubtless there must likewise be the ghosts of dogs (what "droll dogs" they must be), also of puppies, and asses.

SECOND EDITION OF A DISCOVERY CONCERNING GHOSTSGEORGE CRUIKSHANK

Irish anecdotes are exceedingly droll; but they only tend to show the thoughtless side of the Irish character.

FRIEND MAC DONALDMAX O'RELL

"Your interference in my affairs grows really droll, monsieur," said the Marquis tartly.

ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINI

The close association of Parpon and Valmond—that was droll; yet, too, it had a sort of fitness, she knew scarcely why.

WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKER

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