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Definition

characterized by jokes and good humor

"Oops!" her father agreed jocularly.
Sara Shepard -- Pretty Little Liars

jocularly = in a playful manner (characterized by jokes and good humor)

"You're rude, jocular; and the one time you do something serious, it tears at the fabric of our nation.
Kiera Cass -- The Elite
I queried, with a well-meant effort at jocularity.
Willa Cather -- A Wagner Matinee
Simon can't tell whether or not he intends to be jocular.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
[Rallying her jocularly] So you don't think me such a scoundrel now you come to think it over.
George Bernard Shaw -- Mrs. Warren's Profession
There are jocular terms for it: up the spout, bun in the oven.
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
He liked to frame his solution jocularly: "I do believe in God.
Tracy Kidder -- Strength in What Remains
And, he himself, after bathing and dressing, assuming a jocular air although his nerves remained tense and his mood apprehensive.
Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
"Don't tell me you didn't know I was to be your brother-in-law this spring," he said with nervous jocularity.
Margaret Mitchell -- Gone with the Wind
Front-de-Boeuf, on the contrary, seemed impatient of their ill-timed jocularity.
Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
Schwartz in particular irritated him by his jocularity, vivacity, and savoir-faire, which reminded him of what he himself had been ten years ago.
Leo Tolstoy -- The Death of Ivan Ilych
But even if Matt understood this, he could not place it in the jocular context of broad bombhead sport.
Don DeLillo -- Underworld
His demeanor was friendly, almost jocular, as he approached.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Last Song
The intruder's eyes were bloodshot, and he looked as if he'd slept in his clothes, but his manner was jocular.
Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
He gave her a jocular grin and scratched the side of his face.
Christopher Paolini -- Eldest
Remember," the announcer added jocularly, "that's how the Donners got into trouble.
Stephen King -- The Shining
I don't want to mess with it," Nathaniel says jocularly.
Steve Lopez -- The Soloist
To whom this honourable and jocular, member fraternally said one day, 'Jem, there's a good opening among the hard Fact fellows, and they want men.
Charles Dickens -- Hard Times
"Like my daughters," he said jocularly.
Henry Roth -- Call It Sleep
"Ah, ah!" said Bonacieux, "you are a jocular companion!
Alexandre Dumas -- The Three Musketeers

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