: having a humorous, whimsical, or odd quality
His dignified presence decorated our droll little quarters.—
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drollness
noun
drolled; drolling; drolls
archaic
droll·ness
plural -es
: the quality or state of being droll
the lecturer's drollness endeared him to his listeners
Examples of droll in a Sentence
Adjective
a droll little man with a peculiar sense of humor
a book of droll stories
Noun (1)
the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans
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Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Brian Doyle-Murray (Lou Loomis) Brian Doyle-Murray, the older brother of Bill, stars in Caddyshack as the droll Lou Loomis, manager of the caddies.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
In militaristic sync as they pound treadmills, down protein shakes and take steroid injections in the buttocks, a gymnasium full of lavishly buff (even 24-packed, to quote a droll visual gag) gay men blankly sing the praises of the body-beautiful lifestyle to a pounding EDM beat.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2026
The droll futuristic touches of the opening scenes — a delivery drone that could pass for a mini-UFO carrying parcels high above a city coastline; a robot crossing guard trailed by a string of children — hold the promise of low-key humor.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
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Adjective
Smart gave the character a delivery all her own—deadpan, droll, and fabulous.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 29 May 2026
Brian Doyle-Murray (Lou Loomis) Brian Doyle-Murray, the older brother of Bill, stars in Caddyshack as the droll Lou Loomis, manager of the caddies.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
In militaristic sync as they pound treadmills, down protein shakes and take steroid injections in the buttocks, a gymnasium full of lavishly buff (even 24-packed, to quote a droll visual gag) gay men blankly sing the praises of the body-beautiful lifestyle to a pounding EDM beat.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 May 2026
The droll futuristic touches of the opening scenes — a delivery drone that could pass for a mini-UFO carrying parcels high above a city coastline; a robot crossing guard trailed by a string of children — hold the promise of low-key humor.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 16 May 2026
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“Droll.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droll. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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