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drollery

/ˈdrəʊləri/noun

उच्चारण ड्रोलरी

विनोद, मसखरी, हास-परिहास

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    [U, C] formal

    a quiet, dry, amusing way of talking or behaving, or something said in this way

    विनोद, मसखरी, हास-परिहास

    • The audience enjoyed the drollery of his after-dinner speech.
    • Radhika's gentle drollery kept everyone smiling.

    Synonyms humour wit waggishness jocularity

    Opposite solemnity seriousness

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droll adjective