droll

«droll» in Mova's school dictionary: funny in a quiet, odd or amusing way — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (droll, droller, drollest)

meaning for a pupil

(old use) funny in a quiet, odd or amusing way tree →

sense 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 →
• That was a droll joke. tree →
• "How droll the world is!" he laughed. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «droll» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.