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jocularly

/jok-yuh-ler/US // ˈdʒɒk yə lər //UK // (ˈdʒɒkjʊlə) //

戏谑地,诙谐地说,戏谑的说,诙谐地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.

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Examples

  • I’ve been twisted like an oversize pretzel by my jocular osteopath, Kyle Judkins, and taught how to pop my pubic symphysis into place, a trick I can’t wait to try someday at a dinner party.

  • I addressed him jocularly, then commandingly, then beseechingly.

  • He shuts the umbrella; puts it aside; and jocularly plants himself with his hands on his hips to be inspected.

  • He would not suffer her to be lightly spoken of in his presence, nor permit his name to be coupled jocularly with hers.

  • You know yourself that altogether jocularly I accused you of being to blame that the notice did not arrive on time.

  • He became confident and talked jocularly of the tricks of his trade.