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TAKE THE QUIZSynonyms of drollery
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as in laugh
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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as in humorousness
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 29 Mar. 2023.
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