as in humorous
causing or intended to cause laughter
made a droll comment about the commencement speaker's penchant for clichés
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as in comedian
a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor
the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans
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Recent Examples of droll
David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
So much of the ostensible plot of the series is broad and so much of the execution is quite droll.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Eventually, Galliano went to Paris—and Paris in the ’80s meant Karl Lagerfeld: antic, droll, and highly sophisticated.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
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LaBeouf gives the movie’s drollest performance as a snaky narcissist who goes for gender-fluid fashion.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
So much of the ostensible plot of the series is broad and so much of the execution is quite droll.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
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Even when the occasion is as somber as a funeral — like the send-off for Dogs itself — Brownie’s droll one-liners and stealthy bits of wisdom, delivered via his signature stoner deadpan, pierce the gloom.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
Eventually, Galliano went to Paris—and Paris in the ’80s meant Karl Lagerfeld: antic, droll, and highly sophisticated.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2024
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There’s a digital painting of an eerie glasshouse overgrown with red roses by Zhang Xiaotong; Too Rich City, a digital video depicting a surreal Chinese cityscape; and a humorous digital comic by Tang Xinrui where a human are the ones ogled by fish at an aquarium.Ann Binlot, ARTnews.com, 29 Nov. 2024
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Kai, the 17-year-old daughter of Donald Trump Jr. and ex-wife Vanessa Haydon, made the humorous remark in an 11-minute, 40-second video of the launch posted on her YouTube channel.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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In an interview with Men’s Health, published Nov. 19, the comedian, 58, discussed his weight loss journey and new stand-up special, The Skinny.Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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And later in 2025, comedian John Mulaney will host a live, weekly talk/variety show for Netflix — but Bajaria didn’t have any further updates on when that might launch.Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
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Miner will also look to generate live standup comedy gigs for top comedic talent, while also producing original audio and video content for New Metric Media’s direct to consumer channels.Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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After a brief impression of Judy, Paris offered some insight into one of the girls’ foremost comedic influences growing up.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Jennifer Aniston's then-husband is hilarious as an old high school enemy of Rachel's, a story line made even funnier by knowing that the two were married off-screen at the time.Diana Pearl, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Consider the case of Mickey Mouse, whose funny, sunny visage has come to the rescue at least once before.Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
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Playing a more toothless version of antagonistic duos like Flotsam and Jetsam from The Little Mermaid, Yang and James are mildly amusing but underused, ultimately serving little purpose.David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Nov. 2024
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Each political party could find something amusing about it.Callum Booth, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The aim is to avoid exploding kitten cards by wielding a comical cast of cats with special powers.Simon Hill, WIRED, 29 Nov. 2024
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The comical characterizations are all finely crafted, while the songs are well sold and Kyle Weiler’s choreography gracefully executed.Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 25 Nov. 2024
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Stylistically, Universal Language is located somewhere between the poetic realism of Iranian New Wave cinema — think Children of Heaven, The White Balloon, and Close-Up — and the surreal comic sensibilities of Rankin’s fellow Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin (The Saddest Music in the World, Rumours).Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Nov. 2024
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Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Written by Aakash Kaushik, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 uses comic situations like the ones in the second film of the franchise.Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Its initial formulation was inspired by the 10+ Deploys per Day: Dev and Ops Cooperation at Flickr presentation at the 2009 O'Reilly Velocity Conference where the lack of collaboration between frustrated developer and operations teams was highlighted in a dramatic and entertaining fashion.Justin Warren, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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But the traditional way of doing so is to take turns entertaining.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Droll.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droll. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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