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Synonyms

jokey

American  
[joh-kee] / ˈdʒoʊ ki /

adjective

jokier, jokiest
  1. lacking in seriousness; frivolous.

    The editorial had an offensively jokey tone for such an important subject.


jokey British  
/ ˈdʒəʊkɪ /

adjective

  1. intended as a joke; full of jokes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of jokey

First recorded in 1815–25; joke + -ey 1


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That this doesn’t play like jokey stunt casting speaks to the spirit of communal, all-hands-on-deck engagement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

Starring Milly Alcock as Superman’s antisocial cousin, the franchise’s latest installment has a lackluster storyline overloaded with jokey antics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Rather than putting out a dry statement promising to cooperate with the authorities, five employees crafted a jokey response saying the robbers had taken KitKat’s “have a break” slogan a little too literally.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

Adam Ernest Pickard beat seven other comedians in the jokey battle royale at De Montfort Hall on Monday to claim the 2026 title.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

I got a crooked grin and a jokey salute.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

Finland: Its best could be Nokia. 2,300 Style Invitational entries: even the best could be jokier.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2020

While the whole project is enjoyably looser, faster, jokier than Jemisin’s other novels, passages like this make it feel less disciplined or anchored in its rhetoric than her fantasy worlds.

From New York Times ● Mar. 24, 2020

Other segments are indeed jokier in tone, since "Bubba the Love Sponge" was supposed to be a comedy show.

From Salon ● Mar. 11, 2019

There, it was altogether jokier; here it’s got an earnestly efficient cool.

From The New Yorker ● May 29, 2016

Others, such as Caledonian Smoking Picture, from the same year, are jokier.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 17, 2011

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