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Adjective: deadpan  'ded,pan
  1. Showing no emotion; having a blank or expressionless face
    "deadpan humour";
    - expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive, straight-faced, stone-faced [informal], stony-faced [informal]
Adverb: deadpan  'ded,pan
  1. Without betraying any feeling
    "she told the joke deadpan"
Verb: deadpan (deadpanned,deadpanning)  'ded,pan
  1. Say in an impassive manner
    "He deadpanned the punchline, making it even funnier"

Derived forms: deadpanned, deadpanning, deadpans

See also: incommunicative, uncommunicative

Encyclopedia: Deadpan