All 5 Uses of
jocular
in
Babbitt
- Mrs. Gunch squeaked, and they jumped with unnatural jocularity, but at Frink's hiss they sank into subdued awe.†
Chpt 9 *
- When they did venture, tables got in their way, and they sought to cover embarrassment by heavy jocularity at the coatroom.†
Chpt 13
- Save with Paul Riesling, mechanical friendships—back-slapping and jocular, never daring to essay the test of quietness.†
Chpt 18
- He was embarrassingly jocular and salacious.†
Chpt 20
- He elaborately, heavily, jocularly tried to check them.†
Chpt 29
Definition:
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(jocular) characterized by jokes and good humor