drollyadv.
/ˈdrəʊlli/ In a droll manner; funnily; quaintly, oddly.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > comically or humorously
mirthfully1508
comically1581
drolly1662
funnily1749
farcicallya1779
ticklingly1898
pricelessly1934
zanily1958
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [adverb] > in a jesting manner
merrilyc1395
japinglya1420
pleasantly1552
jestingly1569
facetiously1598
facetely1620
joculatorily1623
sportively1631
lepidly1653
jocularly1655
jocundarily1660
ludicrouslya1678
drollingly1684
jokingly1700
jocosely1725
humorously1752
drolly1791
jest-wise1844
side-splittingly1859
japishly1888
jokily1976
1662 S. Pepys Diary 5 Nov. (1970) III. 250 Jane..did answer me so humbly and drolly about it.
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1775 I. 495 Tom Davies described it [sc. Johnson's laugh] drolly enough: ‘He laughs like a rhinoceros’.
a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 43 A tone of voice having a drolly pathetic..sound.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 59 Things manage themselves drolly.
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