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jokey, joky [ˈdʒəʊkɪ] adj jokier, jokiest
intended as a joke; full of jokes ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms jokey adjective playful, funny, amusing, teasing, humorous, mischievous, jesting, wisecracking, droll, facetious, waggish, prankish, nonserious He was still his old jokey self. dry, grave, solemn, straight-faced, humourless, unsmiling Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The series can't decide whether to emphasize the jokey or the serious aspects of the show, so the series vacillates between scenes in which the cast members witness video of actual officers being ambushed and silly scenes of celebrities partying and doing their laundry. The arbitrariness of the windows now looks fashionable, based as it is on the functional requirements of the pigs and/or the farmer rather than a jokey translation of ordinariness. The reluctance of many of Andersen's translators to labor after a convincing representation in their own language of his often jokey and throwaway diction has affected for the worse countless editions of his most famous stories. |
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