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gravalvorlig — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • deadpan adjective Delivered with a completely blank, unsmiling face and a flat voice, so that the joke lands precisely because the speaker gives no sign of joking.

Senses

gravalvorlig is used for these senses in English:

  • deadpan Deliberately impassive or expressionless.

deadpan — full definition

  1. adjective Delivered with a completely blank, unsmiling face and a flat voice, so that the joke lands precisely because the speaker gives no sign of joking.
  2. adverb In a flat, expressionless way.
  3. verb To say something funny while keeping a completely straight face.

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