jocoseness
- a word derived from jocose.
Example Sentences
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Sir Hugo did not put this question with his usual jocoseness, but rather with a lowered tone of interested inquiry; and Deronda felt that any evasion would be misinterpreted.
From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George
The only talkative one of the party was Mr Bloxam, whose tongue continually tingled with ponderous jocoseness that had a strongly Scriptural flavour.
From By Veldt and Kopje by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)
He tried to give a little touch of jocoseness to it, but failed miserably.
From A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen by Garland, Hamlin
"Mrs. Sampson passes the whole of Sunday forenoon committing the society columns of the Gossip to memory, and wishing her name was there," he chuckled, with a jocoseness which seemed to that lady extremely ill-timed.
From The Philistines by Bates, Arlo
Indifferent to the progress of time, Bevis talked on with his usual jocoseness, now and then shaking his tawny hair in a fit of laughter the most contagious.
From The Odd Women by Gissing, George
