jocular
[jok-yuh-ler]
- given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
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"There's plenty of room for nephews and nieces," Mr. Withells said jocularly.
Jan and Her JobL. Allen Harker
"S'pose you're a millionaire by this time, chicken," said the youth, jocularly.
The Trimming of GoosieJames Hopper
"You may reach the city after the banks are closed for the day, you know," he added, jocularly.
Paul Prescott's ChargeHoratio Alger
It was jocularly styled the 'tea table,' and was used as a whipping place also.
Bygone PunishmentsWilliam Andrews
I talked volubly, jocularly, persuasively, tenderly; I talked in a subdued tone.
'Twixt Land & SeaJoseph Conrad
jocular
- characterized by joking and good humour
- meant lightly or humorously; facetious
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Word Origin
C17: from Latin joculāris, from joculus little joke
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Word Origin and History for jocularly
jocular
adj.
1620s, from Latin iocularis "funny, comic," from ioculus, diminutive of iocus (see joke (n.)). Implies evasion of an issue by a joke.
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