droll , also: drole

In it, she takes a droll view of the game.

This seemed to be a droll saying at the time.

It's the droll way he comes out with the things.

What they wanted, really, was a human life, droll as that might seem.

I have not seen you for an age,' said she, giving her husband a droll look.

Yet within the family he could be droll about its origins.

"They left a door open for us," she added in a droll voice.

Take the following for an example of the many droll things which have happened to me during my travels.

Every tune came with a story, usually a droll one, but the music was serious.

I must have got the story slightly wrong for she saw nothing droll in my version.

There was nothing droll about your situation or our anxiety,' said Jack.

The droll actor on country living and the passage of time.

He had the same sort of droll sardonic way about every thing.

Quite possibly, you cannot even be droll without English citizenship.

At other times, though, the dialogue can be wonderfully droll.

Is each droll little mouth drawn up like a bow?

Even she could see that the situation had its droll aspect The music ended just then.

And very droll it was to see the unsuccessful attempts which the three made.

A droll smile came over Jerry's face as he shut the door upon them.

Or maybe we just got the joke and recommended it for being droll.

"I got off a few," he said with a droll Texas accent.

I rated him as the best British droll comedian we had.

She looked at him with the droll, mischievous expression of a child.

It is quickly followed by the droll question, "Any of the old charm there?"

The convention was a weekend of lectures, serious and droll.