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# droll

adjective (droll, droller, drollest)

«droll» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

(old use) funny in a quiet, odd or amusing way [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droll/#m1)

### In the lessons

in old tales a funny joke, a comic character, or a strange but amusing remark

### Examples

- The clown made a droll face. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droll/#x1)
- That was a droll joke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droll/#x2)
- "How droll the world is!" he laughed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droll/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «droll» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/droll/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«droll» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/droll.html) on Mova free.