half-joking
Britishadjective
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“Now she wants to be Kris Jenner — she wants to be the momager,” Tonatiuh says, only half-joking.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2025
Ruben Amorim may have only been half-joking when he claimed the strains of managing Manchester United were already showing on his youthful features.
From BBC • Jan. 5, 2025
But it has inspired the kind of feverish, half-serious, half-joking discourse online that no marketing can buy, with memes, jokes, bets and Highlander references galore every time either film drops a new advertisement.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2023
“Am I even necessary now?” he asked me, only half-joking.
From New York Times • Jan. 12, 2023
She carried a bottle of Lysol in her car that she would often spray at random, only half-joking.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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