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Definition of Jokingly
1. Adverb. In jest. "I asked him jokingly whether he thought he could drive the Calcutta-Peshawar express"
2. Adverb. Not seriously. "I meant it facetiously"
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
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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