The Idiot vocabulary

I laughed in spite of myself all the time, the whole thing was so droll;

Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)

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"Anna, is this you?" said Alexey Alexandrovitch, quietly making an effort over himself, and restraining the motion of his fingers.

"But what is it all about?" she said, with such genuine and droll wonder. "What do you want of me?"

Leo Tolstoy. Anna Karenina (Translated by Constance Garnett)

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Why couldn't he get into trouble the way Dominic did, for something droll and comic?

Sue Monk Kidd. The Mermaid Chair, p.53 (2005)