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deadpan adjective [ ˈdɛdpan ]

• impassive or expressionless.
• "she delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice"
Similar: blank, expressionless, unexpressive, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced, dispassionate, unresponsive, stony, wooden, empty, vacant, glazed, fixed, lifeless,
Opposite: expressive, comical,

deadpan adverb

• in a deadpan manner.
• "‘That's all right then,’ Claire said, deadpan"

deadpan verb

• say something amusing while affecting a serious manner.
• "‘I'm an undercover dentist,’ he dead-panned"


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