drollness
Example Sentences
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British number two Cameron Norrie has also turned to drollness as he prepares to face another opponent who has a 100% winning record over him.
From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2026
Urie’s patented drollness is the only estimable glue here, in a satire that too often lands with a Jacobean thud.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 20, 2022
Parker approaches her mandate to avoid political bias with a drollness that seems quintessentially British.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 7, 2017
Gasteyer played McGee with a subtle drollness that got lost in a production that steamrolled the script’s best jokes, but Wood juiced the screentime.
From The Verge ● Feb. 1, 2016
They loved him for his simplicity and drollness, but there hung above him a great sword of suspended judgment.
From Sixes and Sevens by O. Henry
