drollery

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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

At his most winning despite his character’s lethal nature, Gyllenhaal keeps up the one-liners and drollery.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2024

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

She has a fine sense of drollery, her timing is exquisite, and her manner gentle and touching when the plot darkens and calamity looms.

From Washington Post • Jun. 7, 2022

Her manner changes from bitter drollery to a lonely timidness and from timidness to something akin to sulkiness.

From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various