Definition of Jokingly

1. Adverb. In jest. "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express"

Exact synonyms: Jestingly
Partainyms: Jesting, Joking

2. Adverb. Not seriously. "I meant it facetiously"
Exact synonyms: Facetiously, Tongue-in-cheek
Partainyms: Facetious, Joking

Definition of Jokingly

1. adv. In a joking way; sportively.

Definition of Jokingly

1. Adverb. In a joking manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jokingly

1. in a joking manner [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jokingly

joker
jokers
jokes
jokesmith
jokesmiths
jokesome
jokester
jokesters
jokey
jokier
jokiest
jokily
jokiness
jokinesses
joking
jokingly (current term)
jokis
jokokuite
jokol
joky
jol
jole
joled
joles
joling
joliotite
joliotium
joll
jolled
jolley

Literary usage of Jokingly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"Edward III. jokingly called thie monopoly " King Philippe'« бай« law." It wax abolished in 1789. (German, gabt, a tax. ..."

2. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1852)
"And he said jokingly to the king, by way of apostrophe :— In terris galeas, in aquis formido ... jokingly ..."

3. Fraser's Magazine by Thomas Carlyle (1862)
"... which had always farther ii jokingly, with •_ Catherine ; out she replied, half night fil ¡ la voce" is of a school of music though i ' Don't tempt me, ..."

4. Records of Travels in Turkey, Greece, &c.: And of a Cruise in the Black Sea by Sir Adolphus Slade (1833)
"Bagatelle," he replied jokingly; " these are English ideas : such will not do with us ; we should have rebellion in a week. ..."

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