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jocosely

/joh-kohs, juh-/US // dʒoʊˈkoʊs, dʒə- //UK // (dʒəˈkəʊs) //

戏称,戏谑地,戏谑的说,嘲讽地

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : given to or characterized by joking; jesting; humorous; playful: his typically lively and jocose manner.

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Examples

  • Hence the name of aunt, by which I continued to call Theresa, and which my friends sometimes jocosely repeated.

  • Out of court Mr. Hallett, it is said, jocosely offers to bet ten dollars that he "will get Mr. Parker indicted."

  • She, at first, took what I said jocosely; and in her frolicsome humor, did and said things which made me die of love.

  • Nick accepted jocosely the attitude of suspense, but there was even more of it in his heart than in his face.

  • "I fancy I can tell an east wind when I feel it," said Mr. Skratdj, jocosely, to the company.