jocular
adjective
Origin of jocular
Synonyms for jocular
Related Words for jocular
cheerful, joking, humorous, teasing, jolly, playful, jovial, lighthearted, amusing, blithe, camp, comic, comical, crazy, daffy, droll, facetious, flaky, frolicsome, gayExamples from the Web for jocular
Contemporary Examples of jocular
Where Simmons is jocular in a kind of clever fratboy way, Lund is more refined in his language and more robust in his indignation.
When he ran into Sperling at a congressional dinner at the White House a couple of weeks later, the encounter was jocular.
Yet she never wanders far from the defining characteristics of her writing: it's all jocular observation of herself or others.
Historical Examples of jocular
"Well, I guess that's about all Dav does," said Bagley, in a jocular manner.
The Mystery of Murray DavenportRobert Neilson Stephens
From the tone of the speaker, the last words might be understood to be jocular.
Paul Prescott's ChargeHoratio Alger
But I could not find it in my heart to pursue this discussion in a jocular tone.
ChanceJoseph Conrad
"I shall go to the wall," he said, with a sort of jocular desperation.
Nostromo: A Tale of the SeaboardJoseph Conrad
Their industry goes so far, that jocular reports of its excess are spread.
A Tour in IrelandArthur Young