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jestingly

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jest  (jst)
n.
1. A playful or amusing act; a prank. See Synonyms at joke.
2. A frolicsome or frivolous mood: spoken in jest.
3. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock.
4. A witty remark.
v. jest·ed, jest·ing, jests
v.intr.
1. To act or speak playfully.
2. To make witty remarks.
3. To utter scoffs; gibe.
v.tr.
To make fun of; ridicule.
[Middle English geste, tale, from Old French, from Latin gesta, deeds, from neuter pl. past participle of gerere, to perform.]
jesting·ly adv.
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Adv.1.jestingly - in jest; "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express"
jokingly
Translations
jestingly
adv → im Spaß, scherzhaft
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"I don't know why it is," responded Vronsky, "in all Moscow people--present company of course excepted," he put in jestingly, "there's something uncompromising.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
There was Jem Rodney, a known poacher, and otherwise disreputable: he had often met Marner in his journeys across the fields, and had said something jestingly about the weaver's money; nay, he had once irritated Marner, by lingering at the fire when he called to light his pipe, instead of going about his business.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
A familiarity with Alec d'Urberville's presence--which that young man carefully cultivated in her by playful dialogue, and by jestingly calling her his cousin when they were alone--removed much of her original shyness of him, without, however, implanting any feeling which could engender shyness of a new and tenderer kind.
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