| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a jesting manner.[Websters]
2. Adverbial inflection of the verb-based adjective drolling.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Base (Drolling) | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb droll.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Base (drolly) | 1. In a comic, quizzical, waggish, comical or preposterous manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. In a strange, eccentric, queer, fanciful or exotic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In an odd, erratic, singular or whimsical manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a quaint, unusual, freakish or inquisitive manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a fantastical or imaginative manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a fantastic, grotesque, marvellous or wonderful manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In an antic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a particular or special manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a cute, pleasant or sympathetic manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Infrequently used adverbial inflection of the adjective droll.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (droll) | 1. To jest; to play the buffoon.[Websters]. 2. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole.[Websters]. 3. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light.[Websters]. 4. Base verb from the following inflections: drolling, drolled, drolls, droller, drollers, drollingly and drolledly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "DROLLINGLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: DROLLINGLY
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adverb] In a jesting manner. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
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Common Expressions: droll
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Droll humor | Droll humor is an often dry, witty form of humor that elicits laughs through amusingly odd, sometimes zany behavior or speech. Due to its more subtle nature, this type of humor is not commonly used by comedians, although Steven Wright is an example of one who does use it in combination with other techniques. (references) | ||
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Topics by Level of Interest: droll | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Droll Role | 7 | Droll | 5 | |
| Droll | 5 | Droll humor | 4 | |
| Droll humor | 4 | Droll Role | 7 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
