deadpan

adj

1. Deliberately impassive or expressionless.

   “a deadpan face or look”

   “deadpan behaviour or speech”

2. Having such a face or look.

   “The comedian remained deadpan.”

adv

1. In a deadpan manner.

   “A city-hired consultant from a firm called Urban Futures was booed repeatedly by the agitated homeowners as he talked deadpan, in bureaucratese, about his firm's "evidentiary record" pointing to blight in the neighborhood.”

noun

1. (uncountable)A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.

   “MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing.”

verb

1. To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner.

   “Kidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland.”