US /droʊl/ UK /drəʊl/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    amusing in a quaint, odd, or wry way

    He had a droll way of telling even the saddest stories.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · amusing in a quaint, odd,... amusingcomicalwhimsicalwryquaintwittyhumorousodd
Opposites
Word family
Derived forms drollerydrollnessdrolly

Etymology

From French 'drôle' ('comical fellow, scamp'), from Middle Dutch 'drol' ('imp, goblin, fat little fellow').

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