drollery English

Meaning drollery meaning

What does drollery mean?

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drollery Noun

— Drollery is something that is said or done to cause laughter. Your drollery is misplaced and unwanted at this funeral. The drolleries in Mr. Crump's impromptu speech left me rolling with laughter.

— Drollery is an amusing quality in someone or something. Mr. Crump's drollery is a welcome relief from all this seriousness.

drollery

— noun a quaint and amusing jest

— noun a comic incident or series of incidents

Synonyms drollery synonyms

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drollery English » English

funniness

waggery

comedy

clowning

buffoonery

zany

wittiness

story

sport

sauciness

riotous

quip

put-on

mischief-making

ludicrousness

lark

jocular

jest

jape

humoursness

humor

harlequinade

fun

frolic

farce

drollness

droll

diversion

comicalness

comicality

cheap

caper

bawdy

amusement

Topics drollery topics

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Social behavior Social activity

Humor

• What words refer to humor in general?
  humor comedy comic relief fun caprice fooling kidding joshing wittiness salt whim drollery jocularity levity mirth