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Meaning of "drollness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DROLLNESS

drollness  [ˈdrəʊlnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROLLNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Drollness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DROLLNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of drollness in the English dictionary

The definition of drollness in the dictionary is the quality of being droll.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROLLNESS


beautifulness
ˈbjuːtɪfʊlnəs
harmfulness
ˈhɑːmfʊlnəs
hatefulness
ˈheɪtfʊlnəs
healthfulness
ˈhɛlθfʊlnəs
heart-wholeness
ˈhɑːtˌhəʊlnəs
meaningfulness
ˈmiːnɪŋfʊlnəs
needfulness
ˈniːdfʊlnəs
powerfulness
ˈpaʊəfʊlnəs
restfulness
ˈrɛstfʊlnəs
shoalness
ˈʃəʊlnəs
soleness
ˈsəʊlnəs
soulfulness
ˈsəʊlfʊlnəs
successfulness
səkˈsɛsfʊlnəs
ungratefulness
ʌnˈɡreɪtfʊlnəs
unlawfulness
ʌnˈlɔːfʊlnəs
wholeness
ˈhəʊlnəs
willfulness
ˈwɪlfʊlnəs
wishfulness
ˈwɪʃfʊlnəs
wonderfulness
ˈwʌndəfʊlnəs
wrongfulness
ˈrɒŋfʊlnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROLLNESS

droichy
droil
droit
droit de suite
droit du seigneur
drole
droll
drolleries
drollery
drollish
drolly
dromedaries
dromedary
dromic
dromon
dromond
dromophobia
dromos
drone
drone aircraft

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROLLNESS

business
carefulness
coolness
evilness
faithfulness
forgetfulness
fruitfulness
fullness
gracefulness
helpfulness
illness
joyfulness
mental illness
mindfulness
stillness
thankfulness
thoughtfulness
truthfulness
usefulness
wastefulness
wellness

Synonyms and antonyms of drollness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drollness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROLLNESS

Find out the translation of drollness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drollness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drollness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

drollness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

drollness
570 millions of speakers

English

drollness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

drollness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدعابة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

drollness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

drollness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

drollness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

drôlerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Drollness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drolligkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

drollness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

drollness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drollness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

drollness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

drollness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उदासपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

drollness
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drollness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drollness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

drollness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

drollness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

drollness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drollness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

drollness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

drollness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drollness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROLLNESS»

The term «drollness» is used very little and occupies the 182.605 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROLLNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «drollness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «drollness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drollness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROLLNESS»

Discover the use of drollness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drollness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Allegorical Manifold: (Beyond Truth and Untruth Through ...
With the exclusivity of the tongue of its ethnicity essentially acting as the conflagration "conflagration-ing" its flammable drollness, it is aligned to the decipherment of itself when the drollness is conflagration-ed. Its encyclopedia points solely to ...
Mihajlo Bugarinovic, 2006
2
Crushed Cupcakes
There was just the usual smile of whimsical drollness in his lilliputian features, and Primo was little aware that the smile was the seed of a plot that Jimmy thought was a great idea for “evens”. For the next few weeks, as Jimmy worked out in the ...
Peter E. Lee, 2000
3
King Solomon's Ring
Of course I have laughed at unexpected drollness, although such amusement is in itself not less stupid than that of the public that annoys me. When the queer, land- climbing fish Periophthalmus was first sent to me and I saw how one of these ...
Konrad Lorenz, 2003
4
Nature's Perspectives: Prospects for Ordinal Metaphysics
This music's drollness was unappreciated, for it was a time (i.e., the defeat of Nazi Germany) which called for the portrayal of the heroism and nobility of the working man and woman. The ambiguity of expression (metaphorical exemplification) ...
Armen Marsoobian, Kathleen Wallace, Robert S. Corrington, 1991
5
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
syn comedy, comicality, comicalness, drollery, drollness, funniness, humorousness, wittiness rel jocosity, jocularity, jocundity, jocundness; flippancy, levity, lightness banter, chatting, jesting, joking, kidding con earnestness, seriousness, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
6
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
When twelve-year-old cartography genius T.S. Spivet receives a prestigious award, he leaves his quiet ranch home in Montana for Washington, D.C., and he learns more about himself and the world around him on his journey.
Reif Larsen, 2009
7
Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase, and ...
Here, a sense of drollness and mockery undermined the Victorian male stereotype, as the three figures ape manly attitudes and sprout faux mustaches. More imaginative (and raunchier) was a small detail: an umbrella, a phallic symbol, held ...
Holly Pyne Connor, Newark Museum, Frick Art & Historical Center, 2006
8
Chinese Culture
Lu Xun, for example, once translated humour as 'huaji' (drollness). C20^So Lin feels the need to create a different term after revising all the available Chinese ' equivalents' for 'humour. ' But misunderstanding of what? Without ever specifying it ...
9
Europe in Sepia
Ugresic, ever the flaneur, wanders from the Midwest to Zuccotti Park, the Irish Aran Islands to Jerusalem's Mea Shearim, from the tristesse of Dutch housing estates to the riots of South London, charting everything from the listlessness of ...
Dubravka Ugresic, 2014
10
Bas Jan Ader: Death Is Elsewhere
Ader was widely liked by his peers at Otis and was known for his sense of humor, a blend of deadpan drollness and daring physicality reminiscent of Buster Keaton . His comic timing was excellent, and he would disrupt class with gestures that ...
Alexander Dumbadze, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROLLNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term drollness is used in the context of the following news items.
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REVIEW: 'The Seven Good Years,' by Etgar Keret
Sometimes that drollness takes the form of self-deprecation (Keret attempting yoga with pregnant women and Pilates with injured ballet ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
2
'Primates of Park Avenue' author leads the pack east
In person, Martin has an irrepressible cheer, slightly in contrast to the book's tone, which might be described as a kind of chipper drollness. «Los Angeles Times, Jun 15»
3
Review: In 'Preludes,' a Hypnotist Tries to Get Rachmaninoff to Make …
Chaliapin is played and sung (beautifully) by Joseph Keckler, while Chekhov is embodied with understated drollness by Chris Sarandon, who ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
4
Live Review: Down to basics, Stephin Merritt crafts an alphabetical …
“I think the audience is trying to communicate with us,” said Merritt to Davol, with trade mark drollness and nary a look toward the lights. «Vanyaland, Jun 15»
5
Big Gigs for June 12-18: POS, Winstock, Los Lonely Boys …
With a Chrissie Hynde-like drollness, the Norwood Young America native — oh, the confusion that will cause if she breaks beyond Minnesota ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jun 15»
6
Cry, cry, cry (for Tim Hunt and backwards Nobel laureates)
This applies to both the British drollness and the stupid sexism. False modesty to support your bigotry is not funny in any culture. Reply | Pick. «The Guardian, Jun 15»
7
America's Best Christian Mrs. Betty Bowers Explains Religious …
It's the same level of drollness as always. But this one might be worth watching because it's much more “spot-on” than usual. Watch it for the ... «Towleroad, May 15»
8
Big Gigs for May 1-7: Death Cab, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Trampled …
Dupuis in particular steps up as an intriguing bandleader, with traces of Liz Phair's drollness and Chrissie Hynde's melodic snarl. Fellow East ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Apr 15»
9
Film review: Avengers: Age of Ultron
... developing not the global protection system he intends, but a maniacal Frankenstein born, thankfully, with some of his creator's drollness. «The National, Apr 15»
10
Franchise pressure is the real villain in 'Avengers' sequel
... not the global protection system he hopes but a maniacal Frankenstein who is blessed with, thankfully, some of his creator's drollness. «Detroit Free Press, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Drollness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/drollness>. Apr 2024 ».
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