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Meanings of deadpan in inglés

portugués
deadpan
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humor seco

Type of humor.

        humor seco

        Deliberately impassive in manner.

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              Examples for "dry humor"
              Examples for "dry humor"
              1
              Here you will find pool tables, dry humor, and ambitious karaoke singers.
              Climbing Magazine
              2
              All at once Claire liked him, his dry humor, his hidden shyness.
              A fierce radiance: a novel
              3
              Instead, a glint of something like dry humor touched his keen eyes.
              The Thrall of Leif the Lucky: A Story of Viking Days
              4
              She possessed a good share of her father's cheerfulness and dry humor.
              Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch; Or, The Old Mexican's Treasure
              5
              He appreciated her blunt demeanor, dry humor, and ability to wield a blade.
              Smoke and Shadow
              1
              And Noah's dry wit and wry humour goes perfectly with this sketch.
              The South African
              2
              I feel more comfortable interacting with people. Rosberg has a dry wit.
              The Guardian
              3
              His dry wit was mixed with kindness and a Christian concern for others.
              The Guardian
              4
              He enjoyed Marianne's quick enthusiasm, dry wit, and her uninhibited responses in bed.
              Public secrets
              5
              She was a nice person, with a dry wit, and I'd always enjoyed her company.
              The wildwater walking club
              Usage of deadpan in inglés
              1
              Ishii portrays painful humiliations to deadpan comic effect without belittling the victims.
              Reuters
              2
              Earlier this week, we lost the great deadpan comic actor Leslie Nielsen.
              Wired
              3
              I want to hear him scream, he said, looking at me, deadpan.
              The last four days of Paddy Buckley
              4
              That deadpan quality was much in evidence as he explained this move.
              The Guardian
              5
              I mean, he looks goofy, and he's got that great deadpan delivery.
              Feminist dot com
              6
              Butler snorted, as he usually did immediately before delivering a deadpan line.
              Artemis Fowl: the time paradox
              7
              Robert gave it to him, real deadpan, and asked how he felt.
              Go home, stranger
              8
              Entire thing pursued with deadpan seriousness as though Holmes had actually lived.
              The new yorker
              9
              Hi. He wore the guarded, deadpan expression that children assume for introductions.
              Ladder of years: a novel
              10
              Waititi, on the other hand, comes from the world of deadpan comedy.
              Wired
              11
              It's as if he aims for a style-less, deadpan mode of painting.
              The Irish Times
              12
              Bolt upright, with deadpan smiles, they move as if in slow motion.
              The Guardian
              13
              The comedy series has a very droll, completely deadpan format… Video, Audio
              Radio NZ
              14
              His mentor is Judson, the deadpan librarian emeritus played by Bob Newhart.
              Reuters
              15
              Chakas and Riser watched with us on the command deck, faces deadpan.
              Halo Cryptum
              16
              He exhaled a puff of smoke and gave her a deadpan stare.
              Watch them die
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              Translations for deadpan
              portugués
              deadpan
              español
              humor seco
              Deadpan through the time
              Deadpan across language varieties
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common