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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
He was launched on an adventure as whimsical as tragical, if he was an impostor; and if he was not, as pathetic as droll.
WHEN VALMOND CAME TO PONTIAC, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKER
The baron looked at him with a wink so droll, that his little black eyelashes disappeared amid his yellow fat.
THE NABOBALPHONSE DAUDET
The men looked in his face, then at one another, and the proposal struck them as singularly droll.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READE
His manner of speaking of his family was deliciously droll; he yielded his confidences as artlessly as a child.
A HOOSIER CHRONICLEMEREDITH NICHOLSON
The parrot made a droll use of these practisings, turning to account his knowledge of speech in the slyest way.
THE ANIMAL STORY BOOKVARIOUS
WORDS RELATED TO DROLL
- agreeable
- boffo
- camp
- campy
- charming
- cheerful
- cheering
- comical
- cut up
- delightful
- diverting
- droll
- enchanting
- engaging
- enjoyable
- entertaining
- for grins
- fun
- gladdening
- gratifying
- gut-busting
- humorous
- interesting
- jocular
- jokey
- joshing
- laughable
- lively
- merry
- pleasant
- pleasing
- priceless
- screaming
- sidesplitting
- too funny for words
- witty
- antic
- buffoon
- comedian
- comic
- cut-up
- dolt
- droll
- farceur
- fool
- funnyperson
- funster
- gagman
- gagster
- harlequin
- humorist
- jester
- joker
- jokesmith
- jokester
- life of the party
- madcap
- merry-andrew
- merrymaker
- mime
- mountebank
- mummer
- picador
- pierrot
- prankster
- punch
- punchinello
- quipster
- ribald
- wag
- wisecracker
- wit
- zany
- Mickey Mouse
- absurd
- batty
- boffo
- camp
- comical
- crazy
- dippy
- diverting
- dizzy
- droll
- entertaining
- facetious
- farcical
- flaky
- fool
- foolheaded
- for grins
- freaky
- funny
- gelastic
- goofus
- goofy
- gump
- humorous
- ironic
- jerky
- jocular
- joking
- joshing
- laughable
- light
- loony
- ludicrous
- nutty
- off the wall
- priceless
- ridiculous
- risible
- schtick
- screwy
- side-splitting
- silly
- wacky
- waggish
- whimsical
- witty
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