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1
something said or done to cause laughter
- the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings
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- knee-slapper,
- panic
- [slang],
- riot,
- scream,
- thigh-slapper
2
the amusing quality or element in something
- though generally serious, the novel about a seriously dysfunctional family is not without drollery
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“Drollery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/drollery. Accessed 24 Oct. 2021.
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The first known use of drollery was in 1597
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