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ADJECTIVE (1)

1. comical in an odd or whimsical manner;
- Example: "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Droll \Droll\ (dr[=o]l), a. [Compar. Droller; superl. Drollest.] [F. dr[^o]le; cf. G. & D. drollig, LG. drullig, D. drol a thick and short person, a droll, Sw. troll a magical appearance, demon, trolla to use magic arts, enchant, Dan. trold elf, imp, Icel. tr["o]ll giant, magician, evil spirit, monster. If this is the origin, cf. Trull.] Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange. Syn: Comic; comical; farcical; diverting; humorous; ridiculous; queer; odd; waggish; facetious; merry; laughable; ludicrous. -- Droll, Laughable, Comical. Laughable is the generic term, denoting anything exciting laughter or worthy of laughter; comical denotes something of the kind exhibited in comedies, something humorous of the kind exhibited in comedies, something, as it were, dramatically humorous; droll stands lower on the scale, having reference to persons or things which excite laughter by their buffoonery or oddity. A laughable incident; a comical adventure; a droll story. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Droll \Droll\, n. 1. One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew. --Prior. [1913 Webster] 2. Something exhibited to raise mirth or sport, as a puppet, a farce, and the like. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Droll \Droll\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Drolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Drolling.] To jest; to play the buffoon. [R.] [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Droll \Droll\, v. t. 1. To lead or influence by jest or trick; to banter or jest; to cajole. [1913 Webster] Men that will not be reasoned into their senses, may yet be laughed or drolled into them. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 2. To make a jest of; to set in a comical light. [R.] [1913 Webster] This drolling everything is rather fatiguing. -- W. D. Howells. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

droll adj 1: comical in an odd or whimsical manner; "a droll little man with a quiet tongue-in-cheek kind of humor"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

58 Moby Thesaurus words for "droll": Attic, absurd, amusing, biting, bizarre, brilliant, clever, comedian, comic, comical, eccentric, facetious, farcical, funny, funnyman, hilarious, humorous, humorsome, incongruous, jester, jesting, jocose, jocular, joker, jokester, joking, joky, joshing, keen, keen-witted, laughable, ludicrous, mordant, nimble-witted, pointed, preposterous, priceless, pungent, quaint, quick-witted, quipster, quizzical, rapier-like, rich, ridiculous, risible, salt, salty, scintillating, screaming, sharp, smart, sparkling, sprightly, wag, whimsical, wit, witty