Usually means: Delivering humor without showing emotion.
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  1. deadpanning: Merriam-Webster
  2. deadpanning: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deadpanning: Wordnik
  4. deadpanning: Wiktionary
  5. deadpanning: Dictionary.com
  6. deadpanning: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See deadpan as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (deadpan)

adjective:  Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
adjective:  Having such a face or look.
adverb:  In a deadpan manner.
noun:  A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
verb:  To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
▸ Also see deadpan


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