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jocosely

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jo·cose  (j-ks)
adj.
1. Given to joking; merry.
2. Characterized by joking; humorous.
[Latin iocsus, from iocus, joke; see yek- in Indo-European roots.]
jo·cosely adv.
jo·coseness, jo·cosi·ty (-ks-t) n.
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Adv.1.jocosely - with humor; "they tried to deal with this painful subject jocularly"
jocular
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jocosely
adv (dated) → scherzhaft; (= as a joke) say → im Scherz


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Godfrey himself, when he was asked jocosely if the day had been fixed, smiled with the pleasant consciousness of a lover who could say "yes", if he liked.
Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context
After lunch Levin was not in the same place in the string of mowers as before, but stood between the old man who had accosted him jocosely, and now invited him to be his neighbor, and a young peasant, who had only been married in the autumn, and who was mowing this summer for the first time.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
"I ain't got to understandin' this paintin' accident yet," said uncle Jerry jocosely, as he handed Rebecca the honey.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
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