Other Word Forms
- overjocularity noun
Etymology
Origin of jocularity
Example Sentences
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Still, Kimmel seems to relish the juxtaposition of his unpretentious jocularity and the Oscars’ pomp and circumstance.
From Los Angeles Times
The scene pulses with athletic jocularity, good-spirited fun with an edge of danger.
From Los Angeles Times
His attempts at jocularity had been thoughtless and misguided but not malevolent, his lawyer said, in a submission to the panel.
From BBC
Hale found the jocularity of the young drone operators, who treated the killings as if they were an enhanced video game, disturbing.
From Salon
Gleeful, as defined in the dictionary, suggests a sense of merriment, jocularity.
From Washington Post
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